diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..cf3af40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+COPYRIGHT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bfc77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS =
+
+ACLOCAL_FLAGS = -I autoconf
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I autoconf
+
+#PACKAGE_NAME	= @PACKAGE_NAME@
+#PACKAGE_VERSION	= @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+
+@ENCAP_DEFS@
+
+#@SET_MAKE@
+
+SUBDIRS = lib libtar doc
+
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f2049c..0000000
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# @configure_input@
-
-### Path settings
-prefix		= @prefix@
-exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
-bindir		= @bindir@
-mandir		= @mandir@
-libdir		= @libdir@
-includedir	= @includedir@
-top_srcdir	= @top_srcdir@
-datarootdir	= @datarootdir@
-
-PACKAGE_NAME	= @PACKAGE_NAME@
-PACKAGE_VERSION	= @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-
-@ENCAP_DEFS@
-
-@SET_MAKE@
-
-INSTALL		= @INSTALL@
-INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
-
-SUBDIRS = lib libtar doc
-
-all:
-	for n in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-		( cd $$n && $(MAKE) $@ $(MAKE_FLAGS) ) || exit 1; \
-	done
-
-.PHONY: install install-recurse postinstall-encap clean distclean
-
-install: install-recurse @ENCAP_INSTALL_TARGET@
-
-install-recurse:
-	for n in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-		( cd $$n && $(MAKE) install $(MAKE_FLAGS) ) || exit 1; \
-	done
-
-postinstall-encap:
-	@ENCAP_INSTALL_RULES@
-
-clean:
-	for n in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-		( cd $$n && $(MAKE) $@ $(MAKE_FLAGS) ) || exit 1; \
-	done
-
-distclean:
-	for n in $(SUBDIRS); do \
-		( cd $$n && $(MAKE) $@ $(MAKE_FLAGS) ) || exit 1; \
-	done
-	rm -f config.cache config.log config.status config.h Makefile
-
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/autoconf/install-sh b/autoconf/install-sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e9de238..0000000
--- a/autoconf/install-sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# install - install a program, script, or datafile
-# This comes from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh).
-#
-# Copyright 1991 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-#
-# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
-# documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
-# the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
-# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
-# documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or
-# publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
-# written prior permission.  M.I.T. makes no representations about the
-# suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
-# without express or implied warranty.
-#
-# Calling this script install-sh is preferred over install.sh, to prevent
-# `make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
-# when there is no Makefile.
-#
-# This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
-# from scratch.  It can only install one file at a time, a restriction
-# shared with many OS's install programs.
-
-
-# set DOITPROG to echo to test this script
-
-# Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
-doit="${DOITPROG-}"
-
-
-# put in absolute paths if you don't have them in your path; or use env. vars.
-
-mvprog="${MVPROG-mv}"
-cpprog="${CPPROG-cp}"
-chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
-chownprog="${CHOWNPROG-chown}"
-chgrpprog="${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}"
-stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
-rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"
-mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"
-
-transformbasename=""
-transform_arg=""
-instcmd="$mvprog"
-chmodcmd="$chmodprog 0755"
-chowncmd=""
-chgrpcmd=""
-stripcmd=""
-rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
-mvcmd="$mvprog"
-src=""
-dst=""
-dir_arg=""
-
-while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
-    case $1 in
-	-c) instcmd="$cpprog"
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-d) dir_arg=true
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-m) chmodcmd="$chmodprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-o) chowncmd="$chownprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-g) chgrpcmd="$chgrpprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-s) stripcmd="$stripprog"
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-t=*) transformarg=`echo $1 | sed 's/-t=//'`
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-b=*) transformbasename=`echo $1 | sed 's/-b=//'`
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	*)  if [ x"$src" = x ]
-	    then
-		src=$1
-	    else
-		# this colon is to work around a 386BSD /bin/sh bug
-		:
-		dst=$1
-	    fi
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ x"$src" = x ]
-then
-	echo "install:	no input file specified"
-	exit 1
-else
-	true
-fi
-
-if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
-	dst=$src
-	src=""
-	
-	if [ -d $dst ]; then
-		instcmd=:
-		chmodcmd=""
-	else
-		instcmd=mkdir
-	fi
-else
-
-# Waiting for this to be detected by the "$instcmd $src $dsttmp" command
-# might cause directories to be created, which would be especially bad 
-# if $src (and thus $dsttmp) contains '*'.
-
-	if [ -f $src -o -d $src ]
-	then
-		true
-	else
-		echo "install:  $src does not exist"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	
-	if [ x"$dst" = x ]
-	then
-		echo "install:	no destination specified"
-		exit 1
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-# If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
-# does not like double slashes in filenames, you may need to add some logic
-
-	if [ -d $dst ]
-	then
-		dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-fi
-
-## this sed command emulates the dirname command
-dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
-
-# Make sure that the destination directory exists.
-#  this part is taken from Noah Friedman's mkinstalldirs script
-
-# Skip lots of stat calls in the usual case.
-if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
-defaultIFS='	
-'
-IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
-
-oIFS="${IFS}"
-# Some sh's can't handle IFS=/ for some reason.
-IFS='%'
-set - `echo ${dstdir} | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
-IFS="${oIFS}"
-
-pathcomp=''
-
-while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}${1}"
-	shift
-
-	if [ ! -d "${pathcomp}" ] ;
-        then
-		$mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
-done
-fi
-
-if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]
-then
-	$doit $instcmd $dst &&
-
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else true ; fi
-else
-
-# If we're going to rename the final executable, determine the name now.
-
-	if [ x"$transformarg" = x ] 
-	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
-	else
-		dstfile=`basename $dst $transformbasename | 
-			sed $transformarg`$transformbasename
-	fi
-
-# don't allow the sed command to completely eliminate the filename
-
-	if [ x"$dstfile" = x ] 
-	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-# Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
-
-	dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
-
-# Move or copy the file name to the temp name
-
-	$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp &&
-
-	trap "rm -f ${dsttmp}" 0 &&
-
-# and set any options; do chmod last to preserve setuid bits
-
-# If any of these fail, we abort the whole thing.  If we want to
-# ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
-# errors from the above "$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp" command.
-
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-
-# Now rename the file to the real destination.
-
-	$doit $rmcmd -f $dstdir/$dstfile &&
-	$doit $mvcmd $dsttmp $dstdir/$dstfile 
-
-fi &&
-
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f619035..0000000
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-aclocal -I autoconf && \
-	autoheader && \
-	autoconf -I autoconf
-
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bca370c..f2d5ca1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ All rights reserved.
 ]])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/libtar.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([autoconf])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
 ENCAP_PKG([], [postinstall-encap])