GNU Autotools
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GNU Autotools is a suite of build and configuration tools used primarily in Unix-like environments to produce portable, cross-platform software packages.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU Autotools canonical | 2 |
| GNU build system | 2 |
| Autotools | 1 |
| GNU build system conventions | 1 |
| GNU development tools | 1 |
| autotools | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792565 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GNU Autotools Context triple: [GNU Autoconf, componentOf, GNU Autotools]
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A.
GNU Automake
GNU Automake is a build system tool that automatically generates portable Makefiles for software packages, following GNU coding and packaging standards.
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B.
GNU Autoconf
GNU Autoconf is a build configuration tool that automatically generates portable shell scripts to configure software packages for compilation on diverse Unix-like systems.
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C.
GNU libtool
GNU libtool is a generic library support script that simplifies the process of creating and using shared and static libraries in a portable way across different Unix-like systems.
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D.
GNU Make
GNU Make is a widely used build automation tool that controls the compilation and linking of programs by interpreting makefiles to manage dependencies and execute commands efficiently.
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E.
GNU toolchain
The GNU toolchain is a collection of programming tools, including compilers, linkers, assemblers, and debuggers, widely used for building and developing software on Unix-like systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GNU Autotools Target entity description: GNU Autotools is a suite of build and configuration tools used primarily in Unix-like environments to produce portable, cross-platform software packages.
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A.
GNU Automake
GNU Automake is a build system tool that automatically generates portable Makefiles for software packages, following GNU coding and packaging standards.
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B.
GNU Autoconf
GNU Autoconf is a build configuration tool that automatically generates portable shell scripts to configure software packages for compilation on diverse Unix-like systems.
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C.
GNU libtool
GNU libtool is a generic library support script that simplifies the process of creating and using shared and static libraries in a portable way across different Unix-like systems.
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D.
GNU Make
GNU Make is a widely used build automation tool that controls the compilation and linking of programs by interpreting makefiles to manage dependencies and execute commands efficiently.
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E.
GNU toolchain
The GNU toolchain is a collection of programming tools, including compilers, linkers, assemblers, and debuggers, widely used for building and developing software on Unix-like systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
build automation toolchain
ⓘ
free software ⓘ software build system ⓘ |
| basedOn |
GNU Autotools
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU build system conventions
|
| category |
build automation
ⓘ
software development tools ⓘ |
| component |
Aclocal
ⓘ
GNU Autoconf ⓘ
surface form:
Autoconf
Autoheader ⓘ GNU Automake ⓘ
surface form:
Automake
Autoreconf ⓘ Autoscan ⓘ Autoupdate ⓘ Ifnames ⓘ GNU libtool ⓘ
surface form:
Libtool
|
| designGoal |
automatic configuration
ⓘ
cross-platform compatibility ⓘ portability ⓘ standards compliance ⓘ |
| developer | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| followsStandard |
GNU coding standards
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU Coding Standards
|
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ
surface form:
GNU
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU Project ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
M4
ⓘ
Shell script ⓘ |
| supports |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Fortran ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ |
| targetUser |
package maintainers
ⓘ
software developers ⓘ |
| typicalOutput |
GNU Automake
ⓘ
surface form:
Makefile.in
config.h.in ⓘ configure script ⓘ libtool script ⓘ |
| use |
configure software packages
ⓘ
detect system features ⓘ generate portable build systems ⓘ manage shared libraries portability ⓘ produce Makefile.in templates ⓘ produce configure scripts ⓘ support cross-platform builds ⓘ |
| usedWith |
GNU Compiler Collection
ⓘ
surface form:
GCC
GNU Make ⓘ pkg-config ⓘ |
| website |
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
ⓘ
https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ ⓘ https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GNU Autotools Description of subject: GNU Autotools is a suite of build and configuration tools used primarily in Unix-like environments to produce portable, cross-platform software packages.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GNU build system
this entity surface form:
GNU development tools
this entity surface form:
Autotools
subject surface form:
Imake
this entity surface form:
autotools
this entity surface form:
GNU build system conventions