bootstrap.sh

#!/bin/sh
set -e

libtoolize --automake
aclocal
autoconf
touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog
automake --add-missing

configure.ac

AC_PREREQ(2.59)

AC_INIT(hello, [1.0])

AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 foreign])

AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT

hello.c

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  printf("Hello, World!\n");
  return 0;
}

Makefile.am

bin_PROGRAMS = hello
hello_SOURCES = hello.c
#hello_LDADD = @LEXLIB@