The GNU build system， also known as Autotools， is a suite of programming tools designed to assist in making sourcecode packages portable to many Unixlike systems， which can not only reduce the difficulty in developing transplantable software， but also simplify software compilationThe deployment and improvement of the databaserelated software by using Autotools are described Two tools of Autotools， Auotconf and Automake， are discussed emphatically from the viewpoint of the developer， and the detailed application method is introduced Autotools can further improve and popularize the application of databases， and can be used in other meteorologicalrelated software for releasing and sharing software packages on the Linux/Unix platform