====== Build Tools ==

This page about How to build applications on Linux. ISO C and its standard library are described in [[c]]. POSIX/Linux specific features and enhancements are described in [[:becki:my:linux:linux programming]].

===== indent ==

Use [[man>indent]] to constistently format your C-code. Here a configuration example for ''indent'' to be put in ''$HOME/.indent.pro'':

<code prolog>
/* Default Config: Use Kernighan & Ritchie coding style: */
--k-and-r-style

/* My minor variants to Kernighan & Ritchie Style: */
--line-length 80  /* Because default is 75 */
--no-tabs         /* Use spaces instead of tabs */
-brf              /* Place function opening brace after function declaration */
</code>

Usage:

  find -name '*.c' -print0 | xargs -0 indent

<note important>indent needs files with Unix line ends (''\n'') as input. Files with other line endings can be converted with ''fromdos'' or ''sbfromdos''</note>

===== GNU gcc / g++ ==

See [[GNU GCC]]

===== GNU Gprof ==

See [[GNU Gprof]]

===== Make ==

See [[GNU Make]]

===== pkg-config ==

http://people.freedesktop.org/~dbn/pkg-config-guide.html

===== Automake ==

[[http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html#Top|Manual]]

  [Makefile.am] → (automake) ⇒ [Makefile.in]

===== Autoconf ==

[[http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html#Top|Manual]]

                                 [Makefile.in]
                                       ⇓
  [configure.ac] → (autoconf) ⇒ [(configure)] ⇒ [Makefile] -> make ⇒ ...