ckon

ckon is a C++ program/tool which automatically takes care of compilation, dictionary generation and linking of programs and libraries developed for data analyses within the CERN ROOT analysis framework. This includes parsing include headers to figure out which libraries the main programs need to be linked to. It uses automake/autoconf to be platform independent and GNU install compliant. In addition, m4 macros are automatically downloaded and the according compiler flags included based on a list of boost libraries provided in the config file. For the purpose of YAML database usage, a m4 macro can be downloaded during setup to link against the yaml-cpp library.

ckon can easiest be installed from the package managers: Homebrew, MacPorts, Debian, or Ubuntu.
Please find the docs at https://ckon.readthedocs.org.
The author's BesCocktail Simulation Library is a good example to start with since it also uses ckon's YAML and BOOST support. For STAR Collaborators the author's code repository is another option to be explored.

Patrick Huck (@tschaume)
invaluable contributions to bash/perl based predecessor: Hiroshi Masui.
ckon is published under MIT License.