I've search other posts and I apologize if this is a stupid question...but I have some source code I'm wanting to compile. One folder has a Makefile.am and Makefile.in that I'm assuming I need to use, but cannot figure out how. Any recommendations?
Thanks
You need some version of GNU Automake
An introduction to automake is found in wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automake
Automake can be installed in windows.
Simple Summary:
Makefile.am , Makefile.in and config.h.in all combine through the magic of Perl and the M4 macro preprocessor.
Course of attack:
get a perl installation get the autotools for windows installation
once it's all installed , invoke ./configure and bob's your uncle, you get a makefile.
This is the historical source of this stanza of unix script activity
{if no configure.in}
#.autoscan
{if no ./configure}
#.autoconf
#./configure
#make
#make install
And once you have all the tools installed , you can do it too.