[LCP] Difficulty learning Autotools

[Christopher Howard]

I wanted to learn Autoconf and Automake, but as I get into it I'm find the 
challenge rather daunting. And as far as I can tell from the Internet, I'm 
not the only one who thinks the Autotools are rather complex.

I think there are IDEs that handle the details of autotools, but as far as 
I can tell they are all graphical IDEs, and I only code in the shell.

Is there an alternative to the Autotools which is easier to use? Or 
perhaps some kind of wrapper around the Autotools which makes it easier to 
use?

-- 
Christopher Howard
http://indicium.us