OctaveDE progress and autotools tutorial

[John Swensen]

So I have fixed a bunch of bugs in OctaveDE and added a bunch of  
functionality.  Here is a list of what I fixed/added:
1) Fixed a ton of bugs concerning the closing of the application
2) Added the ability to set and clear breakpoints and see the location  
when a breakpoint is hit
3) Integrated the OpenGL plotter into OctaveDE with rotation and zoom  
capabiltiies

However, I till can't figure out autotools completely.  I can't get  
figure out how to get it to install extra stuff in /usr/share  
properly.  Does anyone know of a good tutorial or example of  
installing additional stuff with autotools?  I tried to look through  
the way octave does it, but was too extensive for me to really  
understand.

John Swensen