In the root Makefile.am I added the following rule:
install-libonly: cd path/to/my/library && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-libonly And in the library's Makefiles.am: install-libonly: Makefile $(lib_LTLIBRARIES) $(include_HEADERS) @$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) install-libLTLIBRARIES install-includeHEADERS And it works. Thanks again for your help Ralf. Marwan