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> **TLDR:** Automated Makefile generation for software projects using GNU standards.
>
- Run automake to regenerate Makefiles after editing `Makefile.am`:
  `automake`
- Generate `Makefile.in` for a non-GNU project (foreign mode):
  `automake --foreign`
- Add verbose output for debugging:
  `automake {{-v|--verbose}}`
- Add missing standard files (INSTALL, COPYING, depcomp, etc.):
  `automake {{-a|--add-missing}}`
- Display help:
  `automake --help`

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## NAME
       automake - manual page for automake 1.16.5

## SYNOPSIS
       **automake-1.16** [_OPTION_]... [_Makefile_]...

## DESCRIPTION
       Generate Makefile.in for configure from Makefile.am.

### Operation modes:
       **--help** print this help, then exit

### --version
              print version number, then exit

### -v --verbose
              verbosely list files processed

### --no-force
              only update Makefile.in's that are out of date

### -W --warnings
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

### Dependency tracking:
### -i --ignore-deps
              disable dependency tracking code

### --include-deps
              enable dependency tracking code

### Flavors:
### --foreign
              set strictness to foreign

### --gnits
              set strictness to gnits

       **--gnu**  set strictness to gnu

### Library files:
### -a --add-missing
              add missing standard files to package

       **--libdir**=_DIR_
              set directory storing library files

### --print-libdir
              print directory storing library files

### -c --copy
              with **-a**, copy missing files (default is symlink)

### -f --force-missing
              force update of standard files

### Warning categories include:
       cross  cross compilation issues

       gnu    GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       obsolete
              obsolete features or constructions (default)

       override
              user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

       portability
              portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

       portability-recursive
              nested Make variables (default with **-Wportability**)

       extra-portability
              extra portability issues related to obscure tools

       syntax dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       unsupported
              unsupported or incomplete features (default)

       all    all the warnings

       no-CATEGORY
              turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       none   turn off all the warnings

       error  treat warnings as errors

### Files automatically distributed if found (always):
       ABOUT-GNU
              TODO                install-sh          mdate-sh

       ABOUT-NLS
              ar-lib              libversion.in       missing

       BACKLOG
              compile             ltcf-c.sh           mkinstalldirs

       COPYING
              config.guess        ltcf-cxx.sh         py-compile

       COPYING.DOC
              config.rpath        ltcf-gcj.sh         texinfo.tex

       COPYING.LESSER
              config.sub          ltconfig            ylwrap

       COPYING.LIB
              depcomp             ltmain.sh

### Files automatically distributed if found (as .md if needed):
       AUTHORS[.md]
              INSTALL[.md]        README[.md]         THANKS[.md]

       ChangeLog[.md]
              NEWS[.md]

### Files automatically distributed if found (under certain conditions):
       README-alpha[.md]
              config.h.bot        configure           configure.in

       acconfig.h
              config.h.top        configure.ac        stamp-vti

              aclocal.m4

## AUTHOR
       Written by Tom Tromey <<tromey@redhat.com>>

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <<adl@gnu.org>>.

## REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <<bug-automake@gnu.org>>.
       GNU Automake home page: <<https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>>.
       General help using GNU software: <<https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>>.

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
       <<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for **automake** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **au**‐‐
       **tomake** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              **info** **automake**

       should give you access to the complete manual.



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