To build Makefile with automake: in the top source directory type: automake utils/wxMMedia2/Makefile in the top build directory type: mkdir -p utils/wxMMedia2 CONFIG_FILES="utils/wxMMedia2/Makefile utils/wxMMedia2/lib/Makefile utils/wxMMedia2/sample/Makefile" CONFIG_HEADERS= ./config.status and then you can run make in utils/wxMMedia2.