A.3. Installing the Tools
When installing GNU Autotools, it is a good idea to install the tools in the same location (for example, '/usr/local'). This allows the tools to discover each other's presence at installation time. The location shown in the following examples is the default, '/usr/local', because this choice makes the tools available to all users on the system.
Installing Autoconf is usually a quick and simple exercise, because Autoconf itself uses 'configure' to prepare itself for building and installation. You can install Automake and Libtool using the same steps as for Autoconf. (As a matter of personal preference, I like to create a separate build tree when configuring packages to keep the source tree free of derived files such ...
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