If you want to get started with autotools, try to build yourself a minimal autotools
project. Once you have a working stub, you already took the biggest hurdle.<p>You only need to focus on two files: configure.ac, where you check for features, and Makefile.am, where you list your build targets and their sources. You can
also write normal Makefile rules there.<p>After editing these files, run `autreconf -fi` to create&#x2F;update the configure and Makefile script. Then run<p><pre><code>    .&#x2F;configure
    make
</code></pre>
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