Transition from single makefile to automake

Signed-off-by: TheJackiMonster <thejackimonster@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37d95e4..5988098 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,14 +24,22 @@ The following dependencies are required and need to be installed to build the ap
  - [libgnunetchat](https://git.gnunet.org/libgnunetchat.git/): For chatting via GNUnet messenger
  - [ncurses](https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/): For the general UI visualization
 
-Then you can simply use the provided Makefile as follows:
+Then you can simply use [Autotools](https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/) as follows:
+```
+./bootstrap        # Generate the configure script
+./configure        # Configure the Makefiles for your system
+make               # Build the application using the Makefiles
+sudo make install  # Install the application
+```
+
+Here is a list of some useful build targets in the Makefile:
 
  - `make` to just compile everything with default parameters
  - `make clean` to cleanup build files in case you want to recompile
- - `make debug` to compile everything with debug parameters
- - `make release` to compile everything with build optimizations enabled
  - `make install` to install the compiled files (you might need sudo permissions to install)
 
+If you want to change the installation location, use the `--prefix=` parameter in the `configure` script. Also you can enable debugging builds by adding `--enable-debug` as parameter when running the `configure` script.
+
 ## Contribution
 
 If you want to contribute to this project as well, the following options are available: