diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 041ad7eb502151afa48fc99998dfc51beeb5a4e8..fd18b9fb105b7b318477292a6ce4471e20026536 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ Compilation of the source code can be carried out using [gcc](https://ftp.gnu.or
 
 #### Basic compilation and execution
 
-An executable can be built by running the three following command lines:
+An executable can be built by running the five following command lines:
 
 ```bash
+autoconf
+automake
 ./configure
 make check
 make
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index d26c5a1b9447ae7844b91e3f0157ecc2b0c4b9be..e0df47e53240dc03044ae13583dda334a73eda04 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.16.3 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# generated automatically by aclocal 1.16 -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You have another version of autoconf.  It may work, but is not guaranteed to.
 If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely.
 To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
 [am__api_version='1.16'
 dnl Some users find AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and mistake it for a way to
 dnl require some minimum version.  Point them to the right macro.
-m4_if([$1], [1.16.3], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.16], [],
       [AC_FATAL([Do not call $0, use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$1]).])])dnl
 ])
 
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ m4_define([_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [])
 # Call AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION so they can be traced.
 # This function is AC_REQUIREd by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.16.3])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.16])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])
 
 # AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND                                         -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ am_aux_dir=`cd "$ac_aux_dir" && pwd`
 
 # AM_CONDITIONAL                                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally.]])
 fi])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([am__nodep])dnl
 
 # Generate code to set up dependency tracking.              -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -371,9 +371,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
   done
   if test $am_rc -ne 0; then
     AC_MSG_FAILURE([Something went wrong bootstrapping makefile fragments
-    for automatic dependency tracking.  If GNU make was not used, consider
-    re-running the configure script with MAKE="gmake" (or whatever is
-    necessary).  You can also try re-running configure with the
+    for automatic dependency tracking.  Try re-running configure with the
     '--disable-dependency-tracking' option to at least be able to build
     the package (albeit without support for automatic dependency tracking).])
   fi
@@ -400,7 +398,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 
 # Do all the work for Automake.                             -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -597,7 +595,7 @@ for _am_header in $config_headers :; do
 done
 echo "timestamp for $_am_arg" >`AS_DIRNAME(["$_am_arg"])`/stamp-h[]$_am_stamp_count])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -618,7 +616,7 @@ if test x"${install_sh+set}" != xset; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST([install_sh])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -639,7 +637,7 @@ AC_SUBST([am__leading_dot])])
 
 # Check to see how 'make' treats includes.	            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -682,7 +680,7 @@ AC_SUBST([am__quote])])
 
 # Fake the existence of programs that GNU maintainers use.  -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -703,7 +701,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_MISSING_HAS_RUN],
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND])dnl
 AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([missing])dnl
 if test x"${MISSING+set}" != xset; then
-  MISSING="\${SHELL} '$am_aux_dir/missing'"
+  case $am_aux_dir in
+  *\ * | *\	*)
+    MISSING="\${SHELL} \"$am_aux_dir/missing\"" ;;
+  *)
+    MISSING="\${SHELL} $am_aux_dir/missing" ;;
+  esac
 fi
 # Use eval to expand $SHELL
 if eval "$MISSING --is-lightweight"; then
@@ -716,7 +719,7 @@ fi
 
 # Helper functions for option handling.                     -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -745,7 +748,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_SET_OPTIONS],
 AC_DEFUN([_AM_IF_OPTION],
 [m4_ifset(_AM_MANGLE_OPTION([$1]), [$2], [$3])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -764,7 +767,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_RUN_LOG],
 
 # Check to make sure that the build environment is sane.    -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -845,7 +848,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 rm -f conftest.file
 ])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -905,7 +908,7 @@ AC_SUBST([AM_BACKSLASH])dnl
 _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([AM_BACKSLASH])dnl
 ])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -933,7 +936,7 @@ fi
 INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM="\$(install_sh) -c -s"
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -952,7 +955,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 # Check how to create a tarball.                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,