Autoconf, automake and friends

A Sample Automake File (fragment)

A real-life example, from the gtk-doc package.

bin_SCRIPTS = \
        gtkdoc-scanobj  \
        gtkdoc-scangobj \
...

gtkdocdatadir = $(datadir)/gtk-doc
gtkdocdata_DATA = \
        gtkdoc-common.pl        \
        gtk-doc.xsl             \
        devhelp.xsl             \
...

pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
pkgconfig_DATA = gtk-doc.pc

EXTRA_DIST= \
        MAINTAINERS     \
        gtk-doc.pc.in   \
...

dist-hook:
        mkdir $(distdir)/doc
        cp -pr $(srcdir)/doc/* $(distdir)/doc
        rm -rf $(distdir)/doc/CVS
        mkdir $(distdir)/db2man
        cp -pr $(srcdir)/db2man/* $(distdir)/db2man
...