Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: Installing and Uninstalling

| # 14. Installing and Uninstalling Configured Packages Have you ever seen a package where, once built, you were expected to keep the build tree around forever, and always `cd` there before running the tool? You might have to cast your mind way, way back to the bad old days of 1988 to remember such a horrible thing. The GNU Autotools provides a canned solution to this problem. While not without flaws, it does provide a reasonable and easy-to-use framework. In this chapter we discuss how the GNU Autotools installation model, how to convince `automake` to install files where you want them, and finally we conclude with some information about uninstalling, including a brief discussion of its flaws.

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