Massive conversion from Package to AutotoolsPackage (#2845)

* Massive conversion from Package to AutotoolsPackage * Forgot to convert p4est to AutotoolsPackage * Fix typo * Fix broken link in docs
author: Adam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com> 2017-01-18 12:34:09 -0600
committer: Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov> 2017-01-18 10:34:09 -0800
commit: 02f92fc7f8a69618fcf91282222b8316ace9c4ae (patch)
tree: b432d1f909dad49a464aba677ef7fca682ea9c04
parent: 5812081b80301089a30e2087a32ddfcaa7c6b4e4 (diff)
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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
index 8a39ee28e2..b09c677e0b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ Additional hybrid dependency types are (note the lack of quotes):
 
   * **<not specified>**: ``type`` assumed to be ``("build",
     "link")``. This is the common case for compiled language usage.
- 
+
 """""""""""""""""""
 Dependency Formulas
 """""""""""""""""""
@@ -2007,10 +2007,15 @@ The last element of a package is its ``install()`` method.  This is
 where the real work of installation happens, and it's the main part of
 the package you'll need to customize for each piece of software.
 
-.. literalinclude::  ../../../var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
-   :pyobject: Mpfr.install
+.. code-block:: python
    :linenos:
 
+   def install(self, spec prefix):
+       configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
+
+       make()
+       make('install')
+
 ``install`` takes a ``spec``: a description of how the package should
 be built, and a ``prefix``: the path to the directory where the
 software should be installed.
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/applewmproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/applewmproto/package.py
index 8d7e360bfb..41d7c4c10a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/applewmproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/applewmproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Applewmproto(Package):
+class Applewmproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Apple Rootless Window Management Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protcol that allows X window managers
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Applewmproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/appres/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/appres/package.py
index 47a9c5bb54..ff13937a0e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/appres/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/appres/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Appres(Package):
+class Appres(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The appres program prints the resources seen by an application (or
     subhierarchy of an application) with the specified class and instance
     names.  It can be used to determine which resources a particular
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Appres(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/asciidoc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/asciidoc/package.py
index 552030d965..428bb7d645 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/asciidoc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/asciidoc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Asciidoc(Package):
+class Asciidoc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """A presentable text document format for writing articles, UNIX man
     pages and other small to medium sized documents."""
 
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Asciidoc(Package):
     depends_on('libxslt')
     depends_on('docbook-xml')
     depends_on('docbook-xsl')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atk/package.py
index 0a7d48774d..1375f2d0f9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atk/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Atk(Package):
+class Atk(AutotoolsPackage):
     """ATK provides the set of accessibility interfaces that are
        implemented by other toolkits and applications. Using the ATK
        interfaces, accessibility tools have full access to view and
@@ -43,8 +43,3 @@ class Atk(Package):
         """Handle atk's version-based custom URLs."""
         url = 'http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/atk'
         return url + '/%s/atk-%s.tar.xz' % (version.up_to(2), version)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bdftopcf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bdftopcf/package.py
index 095f0c1bd4..b6ddd04418 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bdftopcf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bdftopcf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Bdftopcf(Package):
+class Bdftopcf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """bdftopcf is a font compiler for the X server and font server.  Fonts
     in Portable Compiled Format can be read by any architecture, although
     the file is structured to allow one particular architecture to read
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Bdftopcf(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/beforelight/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/beforelight/package.py
index 37a91f5614..3c0cbcf3cb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/beforelight/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/beforelight/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Beforelight(Package):
+class Beforelight(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The beforelight program is a sample implementation of a screen saver
     for X servers supporting the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension.   It is only
     recommended for use as a code sample, as it does not include features
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Beforelight(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bertini/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bertini/package.py
index 7dd17a062e..c6d169fbcc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bertini/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bertini/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Bertini(Package):
+class Bertini(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Bertini is a general-purpose solver, written in C, that was created
     for research about polynomial continuation. It solves for the numerical
     solution of systems of polynomial equations using homotopy continuation."""
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Bertini(Package):
     depends_on('gmp')
     depends_on('mpfr')
     depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bigreqsproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bigreqsproto/package.py
index 61fd9c5121..f2542d921e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bigreqsproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bigreqsproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Bigreqsproto(Package):
+class Bigreqsproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Big Requests Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol to enable the use of requests
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Bigreqsproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
index 70795f05cc..cc2d10dea1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Bison(Package):
+class Bison(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts
     an annotated context-free grammar into a deterministic LR or
     generalized LR (GLR) parser employing LALR(1) parser tables."""
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ class Bison(Package):
     version('3.0.4', 'a586e11cd4aff49c3ff6d3b6a4c9ccf8')
 
     depends_on("m4", type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bitmap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bitmap/package.py
index 55fdacefd5..80bc496013 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bitmap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bitmap/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Bitmap(Package):
+class Bitmap(AutotoolsPackage):
     """bitmap, bmtoa, atobm - X bitmap (XBM) editor and converter utilities."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/bitmap"
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Bitmap(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.25:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cddlib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cddlib/package.py
index ced5f46d1f..50dc5ad472 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cddlib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cddlib/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Cddlib(Package):
+class Cddlib(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The C-library cddlib is a C implementation of the Double Description
     Method of Motzkin et al. for generating all vertices (i.e. extreme points)
     and extreme rays of a general convex polyhedron in R^d given by a system
@@ -51,8 +51,3 @@ class Cddlib(Package):
 
     depends_on("gmp")
     depends_on("libtool", type="build")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cfitsio/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cfitsio/package.py
index 79af31ae21..6853c33119 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cfitsio/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cfitsio/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Cfitsio(Package):
+class Cfitsio(AutotoolsPackage):
     """CFITSIO is a library of C and Fortran subroutines for reading and writing
     data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format.
     """
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Cfitsio(Package):
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         url = 'ftp://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio{0}.tar.gz'
         return url.format(version.joined)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=' + prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cityhash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cityhash/package.py
index 85d948cc57..b98f39a336 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cityhash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cityhash/package.py
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
 from spack import *
-from spack.util.environment import *
 
 
-class Cityhash(Package):
+class Cityhash(AutotoolsPackage):
     """CityHash, a family of hash functions for strings."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/cityhash"
@@ -37,8 +36,5 @@ class Cityhash(Package):
     version('master', branch='master',
             git='https://github.com/google/cityhash.git')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--enable-sse4.2', '--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
+    def configure_args(self):
+        return ['--enable-sse4.2']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiz/package.py
index ec21f5b4f2..92820db10d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiz/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Compiz(Package):
+class Compiz(AutotoolsPackage):
     """compiz - OpenGL window and compositing manager.
 
     Compiz is an OpenGL compositing manager that use
@@ -55,9 +55,3 @@ class Compiz(Package):
     depends_on('libpng')
     depends_on('glib')
     depends_on('gconf')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compositeproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compositeproto/package.py
index 1b3fbda0af..3d445bd7e8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compositeproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compositeproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Compositeproto(Package):
+class Compositeproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Composite Extension.
 
     This package contains header files and documentation for the composite
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Compositeproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/constype/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/constype/package.py
index dcf88fdd55..3a62e89727 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/constype/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/constype/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Constype(Package):
+class Constype(AutotoolsPackage):
     """constype prints on the standard output the Sun code for the type of
     display that the specified device is.
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Constype(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
index 94cfa11341..a3c77dda9c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Coreutils(Package):
+class Coreutils(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text
        manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.  These are
        the core utilities which are expected to exist on every
@@ -35,8 +35,3 @@ class Coreutils(Package):
     url      = "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23.tar.xz"
 
     version('8.23', 'abed135279f87ad6762ce57ff6d89c41')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/czmq/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/czmq/package.py
index ef6374619b..f7791967b3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/czmq/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/czmq/package.py
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
 from spack import *
-import os
 
 
-class Czmq(Package):
+class Czmq(AutotoolsPackage):
     """ A C interface to the ZMQ library """
     homepage = "http://czmq.zeromq.org"
     url      = "https://github.com/zeromq/czmq/archive/v3.0.2.tar.gz"
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ class Czmq(Package):
     depends_on('pkg-config', type='build')
     depends_on('zeromq')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):
         # Work around autogen.sh oddities
         # bash = which("bash")
         # bash("./autogen.sh")
@@ -48,14 +47,10 @@ class Czmq(Package):
         autoreconf = which("autoreconf")
         autoreconf("--install", "--verbose", "--force",
                    "-I", "config",
-                   "-I", os.path.join(spec['pkg-config'].prefix,
-                                      "share", "aclocal"),
-                   "-I", os.path.join(spec['automake'].prefix,
-                                      "share", "aclocal"),
-                   "-I", os.path.join(spec['libtool'].prefix,
-                                      "share", "aclocal"),
+                   "-I", join_path(spec['pkg-config'].prefix,
+                                   "share", "aclocal"),
+                   "-I", join_path(spec['automake'].prefix,
+                                   "share", "aclocal"),
+                   "-I", join_path(spec['libtool'].prefix,
+                                   "share", "aclocal"),
                    )
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/damageproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/damageproto/package.py
index 84e0fac311..22eeeeddcb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/damageproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/damageproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Damageproto(Package):
+class Damageproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Damage Extension.
 
     This package contains header files and documentation for the X Damage
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Damageproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py
index 85adeca996..4cf7d24ef1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/datamash/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Datamash(Package):
+class Datamash(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU datamash is a command-line program which performs basic numeric,
     textual and statistical operations on input textual data files.
     """
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Datamash(Package):
     version('1.0.7', '9f317bab07454032ba9c068e7f17b04b')
     version('1.0.6', 'ff26fdef0f343cb695cf1853e14a1a5b')
     version('1.0.5', '9a29549dc7feca49fdc5fab696614e11')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dmxproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dmxproto/package.py
index 34213bba5f..7aa0251191 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dmxproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dmxproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Dmxproto(Package):
+class Dmxproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Distributed Multihead X (DMX) Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol for clients to access a front-end proxy
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Dmxproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri2proto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri2proto/package.py
index d05e7ea231..4c906013b4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri2proto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri2proto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Dri2proto(Package):
+class Dri2proto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Direct Rendering Infrastructure 2 Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol to securely allow user applications to
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Dri2proto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri3proto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri3proto/package.py
index cd2594d5da..be8b521aae 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri3proto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri3proto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Dri3proto(Package):
+class Dri3proto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Direct Rendering Infrastructure 3 Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol to securely allow user applications to
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Dri3proto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/editres/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/editres/package.py
index 52ad33b133..d1823ec6fd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/editres/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/editres/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Editres(Package):
+class Editres(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Dynamic resource editor for X Toolkit applications."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/editres"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Editres(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elfutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elfutils/package.py
index ef8c2433c9..bdc858e121 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elfutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elfutils/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Elfutils(Package):
+class Elfutils(AutotoolsPackage):
     """elfutils is a collection of various binary tools such as
     eu-objdump, eu-readelf, and other utilities that allow you to
     inspect and manipulate ELF files. Refer to Table 5.Tools Included
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ class Elfutils(Package):
 
     provides('elf')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):
         autoreconf = which('autoreconf')
         autoreconf('-if')
 
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix, '--enable-maintainer-mode')
-        make()
-        make("install")
+    def configure_args(self):
+        return ['--enable-maintainer-mode']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py
index 1f9caee24c..0075c397b6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/emacs/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Emacs(Package):
+class Emacs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Emacs programmable text editor."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Emacs(Package):
     depends_on('libxaw', when='+X toolkit=athena')
     depends_on('gtkplus+X', when='+X toolkit=gtk')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
         args = []
         toolkit = spec.variants['toolkit'].value
         if '+X' in spec:
@@ -61,7 +61,4 @@ class Emacs(Package):
         else:
             args = ['--without-x']
 
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix), *args)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
+        return args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/evieext/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/evieext/package.py
index afc0245f50..8814ae31c0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/evieext/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/evieext/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Evieext(Package):
+class Evieext(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Extended Visual Information Extension (XEVIE).
 
     This extension defines a protocol for a client to determine information
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Evieext(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py
index 10be30ab8b..5d1c1eafc6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class ExuberantCtags(Package):
+class ExuberantCtags(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The canonical ctags generator"""
     homepage = "ctags.sourceforge.net"
     url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ctags/ctags/5.8/ctags-5.8.tar.gz"
 
     version('5.8', 'c00f82ecdcc357434731913e5b48630d')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fastx-toolkit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fastx-toolkit/package.py
index 04b4d24b39..fed54b9b36 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fastx-toolkit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fastx-toolkit/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class FastxToolkit(Package):
+class FastxToolkit(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The FASTX-Toolkit is a collection of command line tools for
        Short-Reads FASTA/FASTQ files preprocessing."""
 
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class FastxToolkit(Package):
     version('0.0.14', 'bf1993c898626bb147de3d6695c20b40')
 
     depends_on('libgtextutils')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fish/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fish/package.py
index fb784b7571..f0dfac70c8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fish/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fish/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fish(Package):
+class Fish(AutotoolsPackage):
     """fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and
     the rest of the family.
     """
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class Fish(Package):
     list_url = "http://fishshell.com/"
 
     version('2.2.0', 'a76339fd14ce2ec229283c53e805faac48c3e99d9e3ede9d82c0554acfc7b77a')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fixesproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fixesproto/package.py
index 64852b40e2..934848727f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fixesproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fixesproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fixesproto(Package):
+class Fixesproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Fixes Extension.
 
     The extension makes changes to many areas of the protocol to resolve
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Fixesproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/font-util/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/font-util/package.py
index 0b310117c6..03a466d00a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/font-util/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/font-util/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class FontUtil(Package):
+class FontUtil(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.Org font package creation/installation utilities."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/util"
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class FontUtil(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontcacheproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontcacheproto/package.py
index 77feb87573..f793aba9cf 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontcacheproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontcacheproto/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fontcacheproto(Package):
+class Fontcacheproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org FontcacheProto protocol headers."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/fontcacheproto"
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/fontcacheproto-0.1.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.1.3', '5a91ab914ffbfbc856e6fcde52e6f3e3')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontsproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontsproto/package.py
index c3771e18fa..03e825c2f7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontsproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontsproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fontsproto(Package):
+class Fontsproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Fonts Extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/fontsproto"
@@ -35,8 +35,3 @@ class Fontsproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fonttosfnt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fonttosfnt/package.py
index 016cab1ac8..e8cc3a6f6f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fonttosfnt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fonttosfnt/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fonttosfnt(Package):
+class Fonttosfnt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Wrap a bitmap font in a sfnt (TrueType) wrapper."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/fonttosfnt"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Fonttosfnt(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fslsfonts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fslsfonts/package.py
index 6e46bd6b5a..2becf5a346 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fslsfonts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fslsfonts/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fslsfonts(Package):
+class Fslsfonts(AutotoolsPackage):
     """fslsfonts produces a list of fonts served by an X font server."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/fslsfonts"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Fslsfonts(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.25:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fstobdf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fstobdf/package.py
index 6358e33d2a..7b2d433ef2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fstobdf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fstobdf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Fstobdf(Package):
+class Fstobdf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The fstobdf program reads a font from a font server and prints a BDF
     file on the standard output that may be used to recreate the font.
     This is useful in testing servers, debugging font metrics, and
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Fstobdf(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.25:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gccmakedep/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gccmakedep/package.py
index ed2530d89e..1e082bb050 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gccmakedep/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gccmakedep/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gccmakedep(Package):
+class Gccmakedep(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org gccmakedep utilities."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/gccmakedep/"
@@ -34,9 +34,3 @@ class Gccmakedep(Package):
     version('1.0.3', '127ddb6131eb4a56fdf6644a63ade788')
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gconf/package.py
index 3b3abc71ed..80bc54a603 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gconf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gconf(Package):
+class Gconf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GConf is a system for storing application preferences."""
 
     homepage = "https://projects.gnome.org/gconf/"
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Gconf(Package):
     # gobject-2.0 >= 2.7.0
     # dbus-1 >= 1.0.0
     # dbus-glib-1 >= 0.74
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py
index 4d39086b06..1159744721 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class GdkPixbuf(Package):
+class GdkPixbuf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Gdk Pixbuf is a toolkit for image loading and pixel buffer
        manipulation. It is used by GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3 to load and
        manipulate images. In the past it was distributed as part of
@@ -42,8 +42,3 @@ class GdkPixbuf(Package):
     depends_on("jpeg")
     depends_on("libpng")
     depends_on("libtiff")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/giflib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/giflib/package.py
index 7082384b9b..feca5b046b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/giflib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/giflib/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Giflib(Package):
+class Giflib(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The GIFLIB project maintains the giflib service library, which has
     been pulling images out of GIFs since 1989."""
 
@@ -33,9 +33,3 @@ class Giflib(Package):
     url      = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/giflib/giflib-5.1.4.tar.bz2"
 
     version('5.1.4', '2c171ced93c0e83bb09e6ccad8e3ba2b')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
index 4d8085baf2..a4d8c289d7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
 from spack import *
-import os
 
 
-class Glib(Package):
+class Glib(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The GLib package contains a low-level libraries useful for
        providing data structure handling for C, portability wrappers
        and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop,
@@ -59,17 +58,17 @@ class Glib(Package):
         url = 'http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib'
         return url + '/%s/glib-%s.tar.xz' % (version.up_to(2), version)
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):
         autoreconf = which("autoreconf")
         autoreconf("--install", "--verbose", "--force",
                    "-I", "config",
-                   "-I", os.path.join(spec['pkg-config'].prefix,
-                                      "share", "aclocal"),
-                   "-I", os.path.join(spec['automake'].prefix,
-                                      "share", "aclocal"),
-                   "-I", os.path.join(spec['libtool'].prefix,
-                                      "share", "aclocal"),
+                   "-I", join_path(spec['pkg-config'].prefix,
+                                   "share", "aclocal"),
+                   "-I", join_path(spec['automake'].prefix,
+                                   "share", "aclocal"),
+                   "-I", join_path(spec['libtool'].prefix,
+                                   "share", "aclocal"),
                    )
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
         make("install", parallel=False)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globus-toolkit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globus-toolkit/package.py
index 5cec13a5af..5cdc0689a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globus-toolkit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/globus-toolkit/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class GlobusToolkit(Package):
+class GlobusToolkit(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Globus Toolkit is an open source software toolkit used for building
        grids"""
 
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ class GlobusToolkit(Package):
     url      = "http://toolkit.globus.org/ftppub/gt6/installers/src/globus_toolkit-6.0.1470089956.tar.gz"
 
     version('6.0.1470089956', 'b77fe3cc5a5844df995688b0e630d077')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glog/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glog/package.py
index 14f042732b..11d679c7ff 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glog/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glog/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Glog(Package):
+class Glog(AutotoolsPackage):
     """C++ implementation of the Google logging module."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/glog"
     url      = "https://github.com/google/glog/archive/v0.3.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.3.3', 'c1f86af27bd9c73186730aa957607ed0')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glproto/package.py
index 462e529067..8a5eaef660 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Glproto(Package):
+class Glproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """OpenGL Extension to the X Window System.
 
     This extension defines a protocol for the client to send 3D rendering
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Glproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnutls/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnutls/package.py
index 5f7b0daf9b..87e83649a4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnutls/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnutls/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gnutls(Package):
+class Gnutls(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL,
        TLS and DTLS protocols and technologies around them. It
        provides a simple C language application programming interface
@@ -40,8 +40,3 @@ class Gnutls(Package):
     version('3.3.9', 'ff61b77e39d09f1140ab5a9cf52c58b6')
 
     depends_on("nettle")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
index 0ae07b33fc..e7dffa017a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gperf(Package):
+class Gperf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given
     list of strings, it produces a hash function and hash table, in
     form of C or C++ code, for looking up a value depending on the
@@ -38,9 +38,4 @@ class Gperf(Package):
 
     version('3.0.4', 'c1f1db32fb6598d6a93e6e88796a8632')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        # make('check')  # fails tests
-        make('install')
+    # NOTE: `make check` is known to fail tests
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperftools/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperftools/package.py
index c6ca6c8057..300e0ae765 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperftools/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperftools/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gperftools(Package):
+class Gperftools(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Google's fast malloc/free implementation, especially for
        multi-threaded applications.  Contains tcmalloc, heap-checker,
        heap-profiler, and cpu-profiler.
@@ -40,8 +40,3 @@ class Gperftools(Package):
             url="https://googledrive.com/host/0B6NtGsLhIcf7MWxMMF9JdTN3UVk/gperftools-2.3.tar.gz")
 
     depends_on("libunwind")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grandr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grandr/package.py
index 8097d4fa01..dd56426ef8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grandr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/grandr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Grandr(Package):
+class Grandr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """RandR user interface using GTK+ libraries."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/grandr"
@@ -36,10 +36,3 @@ class Grandr(Package):
     depends_on('gtkplus@2.0.0:')
     depends_on('gconf')
     depends_on('xrandr@1.2:')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gtkplus/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gtkplus/package.py
index b53b688372..b17b1877ec 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gtkplus/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gtkplus/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gtkplus(Package):
+class Gtkplus(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The GTK+ 2 package contains libraries used for creating graphical user
        interfaces for applications."""
     homepage = "http://www.gtk.org"
@@ -47,8 +47,3 @@ class Gtkplus(Package):
         # remove disable deprecated flag.
         filter_file(r'CFLAGS="-DGDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED $CFLAGS"',
                     '', 'configure', string=True)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gts/package.py
index 2b3d4dd4f8..ea9443fb9d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gts/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Gts(Package):
+class Gts(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GTS stands for the GNU Triangulated Surface Library.
 
     It is an Open Source Free Software Library intended to provide a set of
@@ -46,8 +46,3 @@ class Gts(Package):
     version('121130', '023ebb6b13b8707534182a3ef0d12908')
 
     depends_on('glib')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/harfbuzz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/harfbuzz/package.py
index 7c98c2a96a..f8d5355f87 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/harfbuzz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/harfbuzz/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Harfbuzz(Package):
+class Harfbuzz(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Harfbuzz package contains an OpenType text shaping engine."""
     homepage = "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz/"
     url      = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-0.9.37.tar.bz2"
@@ -41,8 +41,3 @@ class Harfbuzz(Package):
 
     def patch(self):
         change_sed_delimiter('@', ';', 'src/Makefile.in')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/heppdt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/heppdt/package.py
index 54c846ae33..65946fb102 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/heppdt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/heppdt/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Heppdt(Package):
+class Heppdt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The HepPID library contains translation methods for particle ID's
     to and from various Monte Carlo generators and the PDG standard
     numbering scheme. We realize that the generators adhere closely
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Heppdt(Package):
     version('3.03.01', 'd411f3bfdf9c4350d802241ba2629cc2')
     version('3.03.00', 'cd84d0a0454be982dcd8c285e060a7b3')
     version('2.06.01', '5688b4bdbd84b48ed5dd2545a3dc33c0')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsakmt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsakmt/package.py
index 0daad4afed..534d5e4c84 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsakmt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsakmt/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Hsakmt(Package):
+class Hsakmt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """hsakmt is a thunk library that provides a userspace interface to amdkfd
     (AMD's HSA Linux kernel driver). It is the HSA equivalent of libdrm."""
 
@@ -33,9 +33,3 @@ class Hsakmt(Package):
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/lib/hsakmt-1.0.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.0.0', '9beb20104e505300daf541266c4c3c3d')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htop/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htop/package.py
index 3df0a35356..7a7cc418ce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htop/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htop/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Htop(Package):
+class Htop(AutotoolsPackage):
     """htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Unix systems."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/hishamhm/htop"
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ class Htop(Package):
     version('2.0.2', '7d354d904bad591a931ad57e99fea84a')
 
     depends_on('ncurses')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htslib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htslib/package.py
index 1a8b8fd2f5..77829e71b9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htslib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/htslib/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Htslib(Package):
+class Htslib(AutotoolsPackage):
     """C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/samtools/htslib"
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ class Htslib(Package):
     version('1.3.1', '16d78f90b72f29971b042e8da8be6843')
 
     depends_on('zlib')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hwloc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hwloc/package.py
index 5d25b6dab9..68c92b3aff 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hwloc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hwloc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Hwloc(Package):
+class Hwloc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Portable Hardware Locality (hwloc) software package
        provides a portable abstraction (across OS, versions,
        architectures, ...) of the hierarchical topology of modern
@@ -53,9 +53,3 @@ class Hwloc(Package):
 
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         return "http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v%s/downloads/hwloc-%s.tar.gz" % (version.up_to(2), version)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydra/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydra/package.py
index eee346ba49..4461adae2e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydra/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hydra/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Hydra(Package):
+class Hydra(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Hydra is a process management system for starting parallel jobs.
     Hydra is designed to natively work with existing launcher daemons
     (such as ssh, rsh, fork), as well as natively integrate with resource
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class Hydra(Package):
     list_depth = 2
 
     version('3.2', '4d670916695bf7e3a869cc336a881b39')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/iceauth/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/iceauth/package.py
index 59c6e0e7b7..6af0d0b4bb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/iceauth/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/iceauth/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Iceauth(Package):
+class Iceauth(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The iceauth program is used to edit and display the authorization
     information used in connecting with ICE.   It operates very much
     like the xauth program for X11 connection authentication records."""
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Iceauth(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.22:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ico/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ico/package.py
index 5e523575ca..2163e8566e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ico/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ico/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Ico(Package):
+class Ico(AutotoolsPackage):
     """ico is a simple animation program that may be used for testing various
     X11 operations and extensions.  It displays a wire-frame rotating
     polyhedron, with hidden lines removed, or a solid-fill polyhedron with
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Ico(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.22:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ilmbase/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ilmbase/package.py
index 873c830623..7f478f2341 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ilmbase/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ilmbase/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Ilmbase(Package):
+class Ilmbase(AutotoolsPackage):
     """OpenEXR ILM Base libraries (high dynamic-range image file format)"""
 
     homepage = "http://www.openexr.com/"
@@ -36,7 +36,3 @@ class Ilmbase(Package):
     version('2.0.1', '74c0d0d2873960bd0dc1993f8e03f0ae')
     version('1.0.2', '26c133ee8ca48e1196fbfb3ffe292ab4')
     version('0.9.0', '4df45f8116cb7a013b286caf6da30a2e')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/imake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/imake/package.py
index 32542b0391..b15a019156 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/imake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/imake/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Imake(Package):
+class Imake(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The imake build system."""
 
     homepage = "http://www.snake.net/software/imake-stuff/"
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class Imake(Package):
 
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/inputproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/inputproto/package.py
index 915986ef68..220c314ac6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/inputproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/inputproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Inputproto(Package):
+class Inputproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Input Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol to provide additional input devices
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Inputproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-gpu-tools/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-gpu-tools/package.py
index 132e29839b..f72ebf76e7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-gpu-tools/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-gpu-tools/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class IntelGpuTools(Package):
+class IntelGpuTools(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Intel GPU Tools is a collection of tools for development and testing of
     the Intel DRM driver. There are many macro-level test suites that get used
     against the driver, including xtest, rendercheck, piglit, and oglconform,
@@ -58,10 +58,3 @@ class IntelGpuTools(Package):
     # python-docutils
     # x11proto-dri2-dev
     # xutils-dev
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/itstool/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/itstool/package.py
index b8b2b4459f..c78e740499 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/itstool/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/itstool/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Itstool(Package):
+class Itstool(AutotoolsPackage):
     """ITS Tool allows you to translate your XML documents with PO files, using
        rules from the W3C Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) to determine what
        to translate and how to separate it into PO file messages."""
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Itstool(Package):
     version('2.0.1', '40935cfb08228488bd45575e5f001a34')
     version('2.0.0', 'd8c702c3e8961db83d04182c2aa4730b')
     version('1.2.0', 'c0925f6869e33af8e7fe56848c129152')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jpeg/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jpeg/package.py
index 594240d950..5c45a2889c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jpeg/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jpeg/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Jpeg(Package):
+class Jpeg(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libjpeg is a widely used free library with functions for handling the
     JPEG image data format. It implements a JPEG codec (encoding and decoding)
     alongside various utilities for handling JPEG data."""
@@ -35,10 +35,3 @@ class Jpeg(Package):
 
     version('9b', '6a9996ce116ec5c52b4870dbcd6d3ddb')
     version('9a', '3353992aecaee1805ef4109aadd433e7')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("test")
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/judy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/judy/package.py
index 8b8b261e53..ddcec05c22 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/judy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/judy/package.py
@@ -25,16 +25,11 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Judy(Package):
+class Judy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Judy: General-purpose dynamic array, associative array and hash-trie."""
     homepage = "http://judy.sourceforge.net/"
     url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/judy/judy/Judy-1.0.5/Judy-1.0.5.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.0.5', '115a0d26302676e962ae2f70ec484a54')
-    parallel = False
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
 
-        make()
-        make("install")
+    parallel = False
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kbproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kbproto/package.py
index 356d1c6b4f..aaf4c9e1d1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kbproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kbproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Kbproto(Package):
+class Kbproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Keyboard Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protcol to provide a number of new capabilities
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Kbproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbxproxy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbxproxy/package.py
index 3de3ade0c9..3895134a7c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbxproxy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbxproxy/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Lbxproxy(Package):
+class Lbxproxy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """lbxproxy accepts client connections, multiplexes them over a single
     connection to the X server, and performs various optimizations on the
     X protocol to make it faster over low bandwidth and/or high latency
@@ -50,9 +50,3 @@ class Lbxproxy(Package):
     depends_on('bigreqsproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
index 4d3fc59568..ad85ebe055 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Lcms(Package):
+class Lcms(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Little cms is a color management library. Implements fast
        transforms between ICC profiles. It is focused on speed, and is
        portable across several platforms (MIT license)."""
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Lcms(Package):
     depends_on("jpeg")
     depends_on("libtiff")
     depends_on("zlib")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libapplewm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libapplewm/package.py
index 85408053ad..35091985e3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libapplewm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libapplewm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libapplewm(Package):
+class Libapplewm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """AppleWM is a simple library designed to interface with the Apple-WM
     extension. This extension allows X window managers to better interact with
     the Mac OS X Aqua user interface when running X11 in a rootless mode."""
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ class Libapplewm(Package):
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        # Crashes with this error message on Linux:
-        # HIServices/Processes.h: No such file or directory
-        # May only build properly on macOS?
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
+    # Crashes with this error message on Linux:
+    # HIServices/Processes.h: No such file or directory
+    # May only build properly on macOS?
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libarchive/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libarchive/package.py
index e439bf894f..0edb3521d1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libarchive/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libarchive/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libarchive(Package):
+class Libarchive(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libarchive: C library and command-line tools for reading and
        writing tar, cpio, zip, ISO, and other archive formats."""
 
@@ -48,10 +48,5 @@ class Libarchive(Package):
     depends_on('libxml2')
     depends_on('expat')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        if self.run_tests:
-            make('check')  # cannot build test suite with Intel compilers
-        make('install')
+    # NOTE: `make check` is known to fail with the Intel compilers
+    # The build test suite cannot be built with Intel
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcerf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcerf/package.py
index 1964f03b95..3bc8ddbd16 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcerf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcerf/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libcerf(Package):
+class Libcerf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """A self-contained C library providing complex error functions, based
        on Faddeeva's plasma dispersion function w(z). Also provides Dawson's
        integral and Voigt's convolution of a Gaussian and a Lorentzian
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ class Libcerf(Package):
 
     version('1.3', 'b3504c467204df71e62aeccf73a25612')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
         options = []
         # Clang reports unused functions as errors, see
         # http://clang.debian.net/status.php?version=3.8.1&key=UNUSED_FUNCTION
         if spec.satisfies('%clang'):
             options.append('CFLAGS=-Wno-unused-function')
 
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix, *options)
-        make()
-        make("install")
+        return options
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcircle/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcircle/package.py
index 971c29f5f1..e106329219 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcircle/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcircle/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libcircle(Package):
+class Libcircle(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libcircle provides an efficient distributed queue on a cluster,
        using self-stabilizing work stealing."""
 
@@ -35,8 +35,3 @@ class Libcircle(Package):
             url='https://github.com/hpc/libcircle/releases/download/0.2.1-rc.1/libcircle-0.2.1-rc.1.tar.gz')
 
     depends_on('mpi')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdmx/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdmx/package.py
index fa469fd423..2aeb5b9fbb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdmx/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdmx/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libdmx(Package):
+class Libdmx(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libdmx - X Window System DMX (Distributed Multihead X) extension
     library."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libdmx(Package):
     depends_on('dmxproto@2.2.99.1:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libedit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libedit/package.py
index 235e7648bc..5dcee61cab 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libedit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libedit/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libedit(Package):
+class Libedit(AutotoolsPackage):
     """An autotools compatible port of the NetBSD editline library"""
     homepage = "http://thrysoee.dk/editline/"
     url      = "http://thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20150325-3.1.tar.gz"
@@ -34,9 +34,3 @@ class Libedit(Package):
             url="http://thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20150325-3.1.tar.gz")
 
     depends_on('ncurses')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libepoxy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libepoxy/package.py
index 364ea1e30c..32c95fdda4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libepoxy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libepoxy/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libepoxy(Package):
+class Libepoxy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Epoxy is a library for handling OpenGL function pointer management for
     you."""
     homepage = "https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy"
     url      = "https://github.com/anholt/libepoxy/releases/download/v1.3.1/libepoxy-1.3.1.tar.bz2"
 
     version('1.3.1', '96f6620a9b005a503e7b44b0b528287d')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libevent/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libevent/package.py
index 65b3a716c0..86aeddaf20 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libevent/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libevent/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libevent(Package):
+class Libevent(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
        when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a
        timeout has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support
@@ -52,13 +52,11 @@ class Libevent(Package):
             description="Build with encryption enabled at the libevent level.")
     depends_on('openssl', when='+openssl')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
         configure_args = []
         if '+openssl' in spec:
             configure_args.append('--enable-openssl')
         else:
             configure_args.append('--enable-openssl')
 
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix, *configure_args)
-        make()
-        make("install")
+        return configure_args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfontenc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfontenc/package.py
index 1c7fa196d9..945f74ccad 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfontenc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfontenc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libfontenc(Package):
+class Libfontenc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libfontenc - font encoding library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libfontenc"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Libfontenc(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfs/package.py
index 96bf62afd7..96cb396b0a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfs/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libfs(Package):
+class Libfs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libFS - X Font Service client library.
 
     This library is used by clients of X Font Servers (xfs), such as
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libfs(Package):
     depends_on('xtrans', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
index b556def4d3..968793315e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libgcrypt(Package):
+class Libgcrypt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library based on
        the code from GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryptographic
        building blocks: symmetric ciphers, hash algorithms, MACs, public
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Libgcrypt(Package):
     version('1.6.2', 'b54395a93cb1e57619943c082da09d5f')
 
     depends_on("libgpg-error")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
index 6329adf8f3..42eb23d85a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libgd(Package):
+class Libgd(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images
        by programmers. GD is written in C, and "wrappers" are available
        for Perl, PHP and other languages. GD creates PNG, JPEG, GIF,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Libgd(Package):
     depends_on('libtiff')
     depends_on('fontconfig')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):
         autoreconf("--install", "--force",
                    "-I", "m4",
                    "-I", join_path(spec['gettext'].prefix,
@@ -67,6 +67,3 @@ class Libgd(Package):
                    "-I", join_path(spec['libtool'].prefix,
                                    "share", "aclocal")
                    )
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgpg-error/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgpg-error/package.py
index a0e2acd516..26b7e6d05e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgpg-error/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgpg-error/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class LibgpgError(Package):
+class LibgpgError(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Libgpg-error is a small library that defines common error
        values for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM,
        GPGME, GPG-Agent, libgcrypt, Libksba, DirMngr, Pinentry,
@@ -36,8 +36,3 @@ class LibgpgError(Package):
 
     version('1.21', 'ab0b5aba6d0a185b41d07bda804fd8b2')
     version('1.18', '12312802d2065774b787cbfc22cc04e9')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgtextutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgtextutils/package.py
index 201e031869..05b6b7dabe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgtextutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgtextutils/package.py
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libgtextutils(Package):
+class Libgtextutils(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Gordon's Text utils Library."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/agordon/libgtextutils"
     url      = "https://github.com/agordon/libgtextutils/releases/download/0.7/libgtextutils-0.7.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.7', '593c7c62e3c76ec49f5736eed4f96806')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhio/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhio/package.py
index 17bd86d310..181aca979f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhio/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libhio/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libhio(Package):
+class Libhio(AutotoolsPackage):
     """
     A library for writing to hierarchical data store systems.
     """
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Libhio(Package):
     depends_on("libjson-c")
     depends_on("bzip2")
     depends_on("pkg-config", type="build")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libice/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libice/package.py
index 1f6fd2f901..36436df501 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libice/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libice/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libice(Package):
+class Libice(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libICE - Inter-Client Exchange Library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE"
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class Libice(Package):
     depends_on('xtrans', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py
index 3fe159d7b9..8b9413bc86 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class LibjpegTurbo(Package):
+class LibjpegTurbo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libjpeg-turbo is a fork of the original IJG libjpeg which uses SIMD to
        accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression. libjpeg is a
        library that implements JPEG image encoding, decoding and
@@ -43,8 +43,3 @@ class LibjpegTurbo(Package):
     # TODO: Implement the selection between two supported assemblers.
     # depends_on("yasm", type='build')
     depends_on("nasm", type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liblbxutil/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liblbxutil/package.py
index 1de59defd6..fe1be09cf9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liblbxutil/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liblbxutil/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Liblbxutil(Package):
+class Liblbxutil(AutotoolsPackage):
     """liblbxutil - Low Bandwith X extension (LBX) utility routines."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/liblbxutil"
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Liblbxutil(Package):
     # undefined symbol: Xalloc
     # See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8421
     # Adding a dependency on libxdmcp and adding LIBS=-lXdmcp did not fix it
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmng/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmng/package.py
index a77aada79c..a867c1997e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmng/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmng/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libmng(Package):
+class Libmng(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libmng -THE reference library for reading, displaying, writing
        and examining Multiple-Image Network Graphics.  MNG is the animation
        extension to the popular PNG image-format."""
@@ -42,8 +42,3 @@ class Libmng(Package):
         # jpeg requires stdio to beincluded before its headrs.
         filter_file(r'^(\#include \<jpeglib\.h\>)',
                     '#include<stdio.h>\n\\1', 'libmng_types.h')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/package.py
index f680baa265..26a87c78fa 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libmonitor(Package):
+class Libmonitor(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Libmonitor is a library for process and thread control."""
     homepage = "https://github.com/HPCToolkit/libmonitor"
     version('20130218', git='https://github.com/HPCToolkit/libmonitor.git',
@@ -36,8 +36,3 @@ class Libmonitor(Package):
     patch('libmonitorkrell-0000.patch', when='@20130218+krellpatch')
     patch('libmonitorkrell-0001.patch', when='@20130218+krellpatch')
     patch('libmonitorkrell-0002.patch', when='@20130218+krellpatch')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnbc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnbc/package.py
index 414498a37a..e135fa6835 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnbc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnbc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libnbc(Package):
+class Libnbc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """LibNBC is a prototypic implementation of a nonblocking
     interface for MPI collective operations. Based on ANSI C and
     MPI-1, it supports all MPI-1 collective operations in a
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Libnbc(Package):
     version('1.1.1', 'ece5c94992591a9fa934a90e5dbe50ce')
 
     depends_on("mpi")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liboldx/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liboldx/package.py
index 9e85f1ed65..1bec00bfe3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liboldx/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/liboldx/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Liboldx(Package):
+class Liboldx(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X version 10 backwards compatibility."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/liboldX/"
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class Liboldx(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpthread-stubs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpthread-stubs/package.py
index fdaf327c2a..911bf6814c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpthread-stubs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpthread-stubs/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class LibpthreadStubs(Package):
+class LibpthreadStubs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The libpthread-stubs package provides weak aliases for pthread
     functions not provided in libc or otherwise available by default."""
 
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ class LibpthreadStubs(Package):
     url      = "https://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/libpthread-stubs-0.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.3', 'a09d928c4af54fe5436002345ef71138')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsm/package.py
index 4affd50127..9479da07d7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libsm(Package):
+class Libsm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libSM - X Session Management Library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libSM"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Libsm(Package):
     depends_on('xtrans', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsodium/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsodium/package.py
index 805881ce07..a7e3ab10ae 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsodium/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsodium/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libsodium(Package):
+class Libsodium(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Sodium is a modern, easy-to-use software library for encryption,
     decryption, signatures, password hashing and more."""
     homepage = "https://download.libsodium.org/doc/"
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ class Libsodium(Package):
         if version < Version('1.0.4'):
             url += 'old/'
         return url + 'libsodium-{0}.tar.gz'.format(version)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py
index 5b8837e72b..08657f89d1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunistring/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libunistring(Package):
+class Libunistring(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This library provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings
     and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard."""
 
@@ -34,9 +34,4 @@ class Libunistring(Package):
 
     version('0.9.6', 'cb09c398020c27edac10ca590e9e9ef3')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        # make('check')  # test-verify fails for me, contacted developers
-        make('install')
+    # NOTE: `make check` fails test-verify
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunwind/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunwind/package.py
index 63ab4aec59..1e727f84f3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunwind/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunwind/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libunwind(Package):
+class Libunwind(AutotoolsPackage):
     """A portable and efficient C programming interface (API) to determine
        the call-chain of a program."""
     homepage = "http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
     url      = "http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/libunwind/libunwind-1.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.1', 'fb4ea2f6fbbe45bf032cd36e586883ce')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuuid/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuuid/package.py
index b8f6b1cc3a..31f109cba3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuuid/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuuid/package.py
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libuuid(Package):
+class Libuuid(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Portable uuid C library"""
 
     homepage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/libuuid/"
     url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libuuid/libuuid-1.0.3.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Flibuuid%2F&ts=1433881396&use_mirror=iweb"
 
     version('1.0.3', 'd44d866d06286c08ba0846aba1086d68')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuv/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuv/package.py
index dae10809f2..5254239019 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuv/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuv/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libuv(Package):
+class Libuv(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Multi-platform library with a focus on asynchronous IO"""
     homepage = "http://libuv.org"
     url      = "https://github.com/libuv/libuv/archive/v1.9.0.tar.gz"
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ class Libuv(Package):
     depends_on('autoconf', type='build')
     depends_on('libtool', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):
         bash = which("bash")
         bash('autogen.sh')
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("check")
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libwindowswm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libwindowswm/package.py
index 3836e0d419..5b331f428c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libwindowswm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libwindowswm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libwindowswm(Package):
+class Libwindowswm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """WindowsWM - Cygwin/X rootless window management extension.
 
     WindowsWM is a simple library designed to interface with the
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ class Libwindowswm(Package):
     depends_on('windowswmproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libx11/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libx11/package.py
index c5df2e0f83..d9c28836b8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libx11/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libx11/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libx11(Package):
+class Libx11(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libX11 - Core X11 protocol client library."""
 
     homepage = "https://www.x.org/"
@@ -42,10 +42,3 @@ class Libx11(Package):
     depends_on('inputproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxau/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxau/package.py
index eb1f1326c6..bf4e9f5e4e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxau/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxau/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxau(Package):
+class Libxau(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The libXau package contains a library implementing the X11
     Authorization Protocol. This is useful for restricting client
     access to the display."""
@@ -38,10 +38,3 @@ class Libxau(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw/package.py
index 9f92ff57d2..f3779be7ed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxaw(Package):
+class Libxaw(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xaw is the X Athena Widget Set.
     Xaw is a widget set based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) Library."""
 
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ class Libxaw(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw3d/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw3d/package.py
index 498f57cbca..0e350aa2ce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw3d/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxaw3d/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxaw3d(Package):
+class Libxaw3d(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xaw3d is the X 3D Athena Widget Set.
     Xaw3d is a widget set based on the X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) Library."""
 
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Libxaw3d(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcb/package.py
index 9fa1c6f97c..0e4d00da97 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcb/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxcb(Package):
+class Libxcb(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement
     for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct
     access to the protocol, improved threading support, and
@@ -52,10 +52,3 @@ class Libxcb(Package):
             'typedef struct xcb_auth_info_t {',
             'typedef struct {',
             'src/xcb.h')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcomposite/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcomposite/package.py
index 48cba00250..30d3a4c0ca 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcomposite/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcomposite/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxcomposite(Package):
+class Libxcomposite(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXcomposite - client library for the Composite extension to the
     X11 protocol."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxcomposite(Package):
     depends_on('compositeproto@0.4:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcursor/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcursor/package.py
index 215452ef52..ee5065bfa4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcursor/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcursor/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxcursor(Package):
+class Libxcursor(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXcursor - X Window System Cursor management library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXcursor"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxcursor(Package):
     depends_on('fixesproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdamage/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdamage/package.py
index 448ac21945..4eca877421 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdamage/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdamage/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxdamage(Package):
+class Libxdamage(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package contains the library for the X Damage extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdamage"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxdamage(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdmcp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdmcp/package.py
index c05d4b8771..7c4fd068f0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdmcp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxdmcp/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxdmcp(Package):
+class Libxdmcp(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXdmcp - X Display Manager Control Protocol library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXdmcp"
@@ -36,10 +36,3 @@ class Libxdmcp(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxevie/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxevie/package.py
index b9f0e41631..7435027b48 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxevie/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxevie/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxevie(Package):
+class Libxevie(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xevie - X Event Interception Extension (XEvIE)."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXevie"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxevie(Package):
     depends_on('evieext', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxext/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxext/package.py
index 192ab3957a..528f00cc35 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxext/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxext/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxext(Package):
+class Libxext(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXext - library for common extensions to the X11 protocol."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXext"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Libxext(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto@7.1.99:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfixes/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfixes/package.py
index 6b8b599a85..6add3bb56d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfixes/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfixes/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxfixes(Package):
+class Libxfixes(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package contains header files and documentation for the XFIXES
     extension.  Library and server implementations are separate."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxfixes(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont/package.py
index 1ebf321c9f..7538c34f07 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxfont(Package):
+class Libxfont(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXfont provides the core of the legacy X11 font system, handling the
     index files (fonts.dir, fonts.alias, fonts.scale), the various font file
     formats, and rasterizing them.   It is used by the X servers, the
@@ -46,9 +46,3 @@ class Libxfont(Package):
     depends_on('fontsproto@2.1.3:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont2/package.py
index 8611e65ebb..bc1dc06dd0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfont2/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxfont2(Package):
+class Libxfont2(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXfont provides the core of the legacy X11 font system, handling the
     index files (fonts.dir, fonts.alias, fonts.scale), the various font file
     formats, and rasterizing them.   It is used by the X servers, the
@@ -46,9 +46,3 @@ class Libxfont2(Package):
     depends_on('fontsproto@2.1.3:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfontcache/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfontcache/package.py
index 5421f093ca..c4a4d5675a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfontcache/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxfontcache/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxfontcache(Package):
+class Libxfontcache(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xfontcache - X-TrueType font cache extension client library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfontcache"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxfontcache(Package):
     depends_on('fontcacheproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxft/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxft/package.py
index b1b8f853d0..8385b4168a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxft/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxft/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxft(Package):
+class Libxft(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X FreeType library.
 
     Xft version 2.1 was the first stand alone release of Xft, a library that
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ class Libxft(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxi/package.py
index 4e9a273579..5334ef9044 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxi/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxi(Package):
+class Libxi(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXi - library for the X Input Extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxi(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.13:', type='build')
     depends_on('xextproto@7.0.3:', type='build')
     depends_on('inputproto@2.2.99.1:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxinerama/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxinerama/package.py
index a001c41ca7..9e3633629a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxinerama/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxinerama/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxinerama(Package):
+class Libxinerama(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXinerama - API for Xinerama extension to X11 Protocol."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXinerama"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxinerama(Package):
     depends_on('xineramaproto@1.1.99.1:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbfile/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbfile/package.py
index af8029a024..daafa8dd65 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbfile/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbfile/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxkbfile(Package):
+class Libxkbfile(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XKB file handling routines."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxkbfile"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Libxkbfile(Package):
     depends_on('kbproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbui/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbui/package.py
index d0c132d970..b6a40b656d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbui/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxkbui/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxkbui(Package):
+class Libxkbui(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org libxkbui library."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxkbui/"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Libxkbui(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxml2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxml2/package.py
index bbb934ab9f..29a83ee35e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxml2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxml2/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxml2(Package):
+class Libxml2(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome
        project (but usable outside of the Gnome platform), it is free
        software available under the MIT License."""
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Libxml2(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
         if '+python' in spec:
             python_args = [
                 '--with-python={0}'.format(spec['python'].prefix),
@@ -54,9 +54,4 @@ class Libxml2(Package):
         else:
             python_args = ['--without-python']
 
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix), *python_args)
-
-        make()
-        if self.run_tests:
-            make('check')
-        make('install')
+        return python_args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxmu/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxmu/package.py
index dbba5f168d..937cf75013 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxmu/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxmu/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxmu(Package):
+class Libxmu(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This library contains miscellaneous utilities and is not part of the
     Xlib standard.  It contains routines which only use public interfaces so
     that it may be layered on top of any proprietary implementation of Xlib
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Libxmu(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxp/package.py
index 10aaccc54f..95d4bfa2f8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxp/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxp(Package):
+class Libxp(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXp - X Print Client Library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXp"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxp(Package):
     depends_on('printproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpm/package.py
index b726e74b0b..cfb269db7f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxpm(Package):
+class Libxpm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXpm - X Pixmap (XPM) image file format library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXpm"
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Libxpm(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpresent/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpresent/package.py
index e65d4353a0..5237b164a0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpresent/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxpresent/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxpresent(Package):
+class Libxpresent(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package contains header files and documentation for the Present
     extension.  Library and server implementations are separate."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxpresent(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintapputil/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintapputil/package.py
index fc66b76ac0..ef1963c300 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintapputil/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintapputil/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxprintapputil(Package):
+class Libxprintapputil(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xprint application utility routines."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXprintAppUtil/"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxprintapputil(Package):
     depends_on('printproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintutil/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintutil/package.py
index 8eb768958f..b55123a397 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintutil/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxprintutil/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxprintutil(Package):
+class Libxprintutil(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xprint application utility routines."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXprintUtil/"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxprintutil(Package):
     depends_on('printproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrandr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrandr/package.py
index 56c36c0c7b..773be3ab8b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrandr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrandr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxrandr(Package):
+class Libxrandr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXrandr - X Resize, Rotate and Reflection extension library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr"
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Libxrandr(Package):
     depends_on('renderproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrender/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrender/package.py
index c5a6dac1be..9c7e657f1d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrender/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxrender/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxrender(Package):
+class Libxrender(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXrender - library for the Render Extension to the X11 protocol."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrender"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Libxrender(Package):
     depends_on('renderproto@0.9:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxres/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxres/package.py
index 6d0684c4b8..c8a7740346 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxres/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxres/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxres(Package):
+class Libxres(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXRes - X-Resource extension client library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXRes"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxres(Package):
     depends_on('resourceproto@1.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxscrnsaver/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxscrnsaver/package.py
index c9ca6ac1c8..14f3aa0f04 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxscrnsaver/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxscrnsaver/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxscrnsaver(Package):
+class Libxscrnsaver(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XScreenSaver - X11 Screen Saver extension client library"""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXScrnSaver"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Libxscrnsaver(Package):
     depends_on('scrnsaverproto@1.2:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxshmfence/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxshmfence/package.py
index d4f4c85203..63604865bd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxshmfence/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxshmfence/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxshmfence(Package):
+class Libxshmfence(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libxshmfence - Shared memory 'SyncFence' synchronization primitive.
 
     This library offers a CPU-based synchronization primitive compatible
@@ -40,10 +40,3 @@ class Libxshmfence(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxt/package.py
index c657c866b4..1bab6854d9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxt/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxt(Package):
+class Libxt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXt - X Toolkit Intrinsics library."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXt"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxt(Package):
     depends_on('kbproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtrap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtrap/package.py
index 4589f98a87..2b22fb1679 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtrap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtrap/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxtrap(Package):
+class Libxtrap(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXTrap is the Xlib-based client API for the DEC-XTRAP extension.
 
     XTrap was a proposed standard extension for X11R5 which facilitated the
@@ -50,9 +50,3 @@ class Libxtrap(Package):
     depends_on('xextproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtst/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtst/package.py
index 0d16643f94..aaff481afc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtst/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxtst/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxtst(Package):
+class Libxtst(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXtst provides the Xlib-based client API for the XTEST & RECORD
     extensions.
 
@@ -51,9 +51,3 @@ class Libxtst(Package):
     depends_on('inputproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxv/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxv/package.py
index 03f10a1842..2662da8647 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxv/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxv/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxv(Package):
+class Libxv(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXv - library for the X Video (Xv) extension to the
     X Window System."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxv(Package):
     depends_on('videoproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxvmc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxvmc/package.py
index 9d5695c2c1..8492f660a4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxvmc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxvmc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxvmc(Package):
+class Libxvmc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org libXvMC library."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxvmc(Package):
     depends_on('videoproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86dga/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86dga/package.py
index 292c5d213b..501a40705f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86dga/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86dga/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxxf86dga(Package):
+class Libxxf86dga(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXxf86dga - Client library for the XFree86-DGA extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXxf86dga"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxxf86dga(Package):
     depends_on('xf86dgaproto@2.0.99.2:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86misc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86misc/package.py
index 0247f8b57c..8e6f743183 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86misc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86misc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxxf86misc(Package):
+class Libxxf86misc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXxf86misc - Extension library for the XFree86-Misc X extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXxf86misc"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxxf86misc(Package):
     depends_on('xf86miscproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86vm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86vm/package.py
index feec5ff3d2..6f91c62a2d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86vm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxxf86vm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Libxxf86vm(Package):
+class Libxxf86vm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """libXxf86vm - Extension library for the XFree86-VidMode X extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXxf86vm"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Libxxf86vm(Package):
     depends_on('xf86vidmodeproto@2.2.99.1:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/listres/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/listres/package.py
index c6b3d149f6..3727ddc0b4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/listres/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/listres/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Listres(Package):
+class Listres(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The listres program generates a list of X resources for a widget
     in an X client written using a toolkit based on libXt."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Listres(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
index 9ac270bab5..01df3c7f24 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from spack import *
 from glob import glob
 
 
-class Lmod(Package):
+class Lmod(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Lmod is a Lua based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH
     Hierarchical problem. Environment Modules provide a convenient way to
     dynamically change the users' environment through modulefiles. This
@@ -66,7 +66,3 @@ class Lmod(Package):
         if self.spec.version <= Version('6.4.3'):
             for tclscript in glob('src/*.tcl'):
                 filter_file(r'^#!.*tclsh', '#!@path_to_tclsh@', tclscript)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lndir/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lndir/package.py
index a7ce892502..ce3a199fe2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lndir/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lndir/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Lndir(Package):
+class Lndir(AutotoolsPackage):
     """lndir - create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another
     directory tree."""
 
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ class Lndir(Package):
 
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwgrp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwgrp/package.py
index 9322d69b9b..169f7540be 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwgrp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwgrp/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Lwgrp(Package):
+class Lwgrp(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Thie light-weight group library provides process group
        representations using O(log N) space and time."""
 
@@ -35,8 +35,3 @@ class Lwgrp(Package):
     version('1.0.2', 'ab7ba3bdd8534a651da5076f47f27d8a')
 
     depends_on('mpi')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwm2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwm2/package.py
index 063204b84a..03cb634271 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwm2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwm2/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Lwm2(Package):
+class Lwm2(AutotoolsPackage):
     """LWM2: Light Weight Measurement Module.  This is a PMPI module
        that can collect a number of time-sliced MPI and POSIX I/O
        measurements from a program.
@@ -36,8 +36,3 @@ class Lwm2(Package):
 
     depends_on("papi")
     depends_on("mpi")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/makedepend/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/makedepend/package.py
index 5675793abc..68be988d82 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/makedepend/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/makedepend/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Makedepend(Package):
+class Makedepend(AutotoolsPackage):
     """makedepend - create dependencies in makefiles."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/makedepend"
@@ -35,10 +35,3 @@ class Makedepend(Package):
 
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
index f19bb466fd..094a7155d2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mesa(Package):
+class Mesa(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Mesa is an open-source implementation of the OpenGL
     specification - a system for rendering interactive 3D graphics."""
 
@@ -59,9 +59,3 @@ class Mesa(Package):
 
     # TODO: Add package for systemd, provides libudev
     # Using the system package manager to install systemd didn't work for me
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontdir/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontdir/package.py
index 15c85b24e4..1a43a028a8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontdir/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontdir/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mkfontdir(Package):
+class Mkfontdir(AutotoolsPackage):
     """mkfontdir creates the fonts.dir files needed by the legacy X server
     core font system.   The current implementation is a simple wrapper script
     around the mkfontscale program, which must be built and installed first."""
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Mkfontdir(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontscale/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontscale/package.py
index 4c907831b6..397ba03a62 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontscale/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mkfontscale/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mkfontscale(Package):
+class Mkfontscale(AutotoolsPackage):
     """mkfontscale creates the fonts.scale and fonts.dir index files used by the
     legacy X11 font system."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Mkfontscale(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.25:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
index 2fe3900981..40e7d95de9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mpc(Package):
+class Mpc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Gnu Mpc is a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers
        with arbitrarily high precision and correct rounding of the
        result."""
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ class Mpc(Package):
 
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         if version < Version("1.0.1"):
-            return "http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-%s.tar.gz" % version  # NOQA
+            return "http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-%s.tar.gz" % version
         else:
             return "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpc/mpc-%s.tar.gz" % version
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
index 4612d03849..5dc33b2fb9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mpfr(Package):
+class Mpfr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision
        floating-point computations with correct rounding."""
     homepage = "http://www.mpfr.org"
@@ -36,8 +36,3 @@ class Mpfr(Package):
     version('3.1.2', 'ee2c3ac63bf0c2359bf08fc3ee094c19')
 
     depends_on('gmp')  # mpir is a drop-in replacement for this
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpip/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpip/package.py
index 78e1dca68a..235c66c882 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpip/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpip/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from spack import *
 import os
 
 
-class Mpip(Package):
+class Mpip(AutotoolsPackage):
     """mpiP: Lightweight, Scalable MPI Profiling"""
     homepage = "http://mpip.sourceforge.net/"
     url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mpip/mpiP/mpiP-3.4.1/mpiP-3.4.1.tar.gz"
@@ -38,7 +38,5 @@ class Mpip(Package):
     depends_on('libunwind', when=os.uname()[4] == "x86_64", type="build")
     depends_on("mpi", type="build")
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix, "--without-f77")
-        make()
-        make("install")
+    def configure_args(self):
+        return ['--without-f77']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mrnet/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mrnet/package.py
index 9da9e29a2e..b58d7a8c87 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mrnet/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mrnet/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mrnet(Package):
+class Mrnet(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The MRNet Multi-Cast Reduction Network."""
     homepage = "http://paradyn.org/mrnet"
     url      = "ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/paradyn/mrnet/mrnet_5.0.1.tar.gz"
@@ -43,14 +43,13 @@ class Mrnet(Package):
 
     depends_on("boost")
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
+        spec = self.spec
+        config_args = ['--enable-shared']
+
         # Build the MRNet LW thread safe libraries when the
         # lwthreads variant is present
         if '+lwthreads' in spec:
-            configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix, "--enable-shared",
-                      "--enable-ltwt-threadsafe")
-        else:
-            configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix, "--enable-shared")
+            config_args.append('--enable-ltwt-threadsafe')
 
-        make()
-        make("install")
+        return config_args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mxml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mxml/package.py
index 29e3b27d6e..bae1984bde 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mxml/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mxml/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Mxml(Package):
+class Mxml(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Mini-XML is a small XML library that you can use to read and write XML
     and XML-like data files in your application without requiring large
     non-standard libraries.
@@ -44,7 +44,5 @@ class Mxml(Package):
     # (Can use whatever compiler you want to use)
     # Case statement to change CC and CXX flags
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix, "--disable-shared", 'CFLAGS=-static')
-        make()
-        make("install")
+    def configure_args(self):
+        return ['--disable-shared', 'CFLAGS=-static']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nano/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nano/package.py
index 3e87ec8ffe..d303b5e424 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nano/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nano/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Nano(Package):
+class Nano(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Tiny little text editor"""
 
     homepage = "http://www.nano-editor.org"
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ class Nano(Package):
 
     version('2.6.3', '1213c7f17916e65afefc95054c1f90f9')
     version('2.6.2', '58568a4b8a33841d774c25f285fc11c1')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nasm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nasm/package.py
index 9faccccaae..979d002b4c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nasm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nasm/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Nasm(Package):
+class Nasm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """NASM (Netwide Assembler) is an 80x86 assembler designed for
        portability and modularity. It includes a disassembler as well."""
     homepage = "http://www.nasm.us"
     url      = "http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.11.06/nasm-2.11.06.tar.xz"
 
     version('2.11.06', '2b958e9f5d200641e6fc9564977aecc5')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncview/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncview/package.py
index 5c3cf300d2..da541c18b3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncview/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncview/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Ncview(Package):
+class Ncview(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Simple viewer for NetCDF files."""
     homepage = "http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html"
     url      = "ftp://cirrus.ucsd.edu/pub/ncview/ncview-2.1.7.tar.gz"
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ class Ncview(Package):
     depends_on('udunits2')
     depends_on('libpng')
     depends_on('libxaw')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netgauge/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netgauge/package.py
index b57cdbe5f3..e7e669410b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netgauge/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netgauge/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Netgauge(Package):
+class Netgauge(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Netgauge is a high-precision network parameter measurement
     tool. It supports benchmarking of many different network protocols
     and communication patterns. The main focus lies on accuracy,
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Netgauge(Package):
     version('2.4.6', 'e0e040ec6452e93ca21ccc54deac1d7f')
 
     depends_on("mpi")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py
index 7e2b758bc0..6112dc6507 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nettle/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Nettle(Package):
+class Nettle(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Nettle package contains the low-level cryptographic library
     that is designed to fit easily in many contexts."""
 
@@ -37,11 +37,3 @@ class Nettle(Package):
 
     depends_on('gmp')
     depends_on('m4', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        if self.run_tests:
-            make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/npm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/npm/package.py
index 7910a8af9b..500674d1d8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/npm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/npm/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import os
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Npm(Package):
+class Npm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """npm: A package manager for javascript."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/npm/npm"
@@ -37,18 +37,10 @@ class Npm(Package):
     version('3.10.5', '46002413f4a71de9b0da5b506bf1d992')
 
     depends_on('node-js')
-    
+
     def setup_dependent_environment(self, spack_env, run_env, dependent_spec):
         npm_config_cache_dir = "%s/npm-cache" % dependent_spec.prefix
         if not os.path.isdir(npm_config_cache_dir):
             mkdir(npm_config_cache_dir)
         run_env.set('npm_config_cache', npm_config_cache_dir)
         spack_env.set('npm_config_cache', npm_config_cache_dir)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        if self.run_tests:
-            make('test')
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ocaml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ocaml/package.py
index 9488d3b7a6..855e2d7b3b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ocaml/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ocaml/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Ocaml(Package):
+class Ocaml(AutotoolsPackage):
     """OCaml is an industrial strength programming language supporting
        functional, imperative and object-oriented styles"""
 
@@ -36,8 +36,4 @@ class Ocaml(Package):
 
     depends_on('ncurses')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('-prefix', '{0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('world.opt')
-        make('install')
+    build_targets = ['world.opt']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/oclock/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/oclock/package.py
index 84da93c36e..ec656b23f1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/oclock/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/oclock/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Oclock(Package):
+class Oclock(AutotoolsPackage):
     """oclock is a simple analog clock using the SHAPE extension to make
     a round (possibly transparent) window."""
 
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Oclock(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py
index c45054be58..0f082527b9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pango/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Pango(Package):
+class Pango(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Pango is a library for laying out and rendering of text, with
        an emphasis on internationalization. It can be used anywhere
        that text layout is needed, though most of the work on Pango so
@@ -49,6 +49,4 @@ class Pango(Package):
     depends_on("glib")
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
         make("install", parallel=False)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py
index 81c0195651..4297e8acb0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/parallel/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Parallel(Package):
+class Parallel(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using
     one or more computers. A job can be a single command or a small
     script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input.
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ class Parallel(Package):
 
     version('20160422', '24621f684130472694333709bd4454cb')
     version('20160322', '4e81e0d36902ab4c4e969ee6f35e6e57')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patchelf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patchelf/package.py
index c391f491eb..1d429361b6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patchelf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/patchelf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Patchelf(Package):
+class Patchelf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """PatchELF is a small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of
        ELF executables."""
 
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Patchelf(Package):
 
     version('0.9', '3c265508526760f233620f35d79c79fc')
     version('0.8', '407b229e6a681ffb0e2cdd5915cb2d01')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pcre2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pcre2/package.py
index a2739e0584..d2915dd60e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pcre2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pcre2/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Pcre2(Package):
+class Pcre2(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The PCRE2 package contains Perl Compatible Regular Expression
        libraries. These are useful for implementing regular expression
        pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5."""
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ class Pcre2(Package):
     url      = "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre2-10.20.tar.bz2"
 
     version('10.20', 'dcd027c57ecfdc8a6c3af9d0acf5e3f7')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py
index bed01aeefb..081c32c861 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Pdt(Package):
+class Pdt(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Program Database Toolkit (PDT) is a framework for analyzing source
        code written in several programming languages and for making rich
        program knowledge accessible to developers of static and dynamic
@@ -43,8 +43,3 @@ class Pdt(Package):
     version('3.20',   'c3edabe202926abe04552e33cd39672d')
     version('3.19',   '5c5e1e6607086aa13bf4b1b9befc5864')
     version('3.18.1', 'e401534f5c476c3e77f05b7f73b6c4f2')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('-prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/presentproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/presentproto/package.py
index ca145abb6b..32560ade65 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/presentproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/presentproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Presentproto(Package):
+class Presentproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Present protocol specification and Xlib/Xserver headers."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/presentproto/"
@@ -35,8 +35,3 @@ class Presentproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/printproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/printproto/package.py
index 151924dd49..0f905c3172 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/printproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/printproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Printproto(Package):
+class Printproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xprint extension to the X11 protocol - a portable, network-transparent
     printing system."""
 
@@ -36,8 +36,3 @@ class Printproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py
index 06ab6108b6..3008baa690 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Proj(Package):
+class Proj(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Cartographic Projections"""
     homepage = "https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/wiki"
     url      = "http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.9.2.tar.gz"
@@ -35,11 +35,3 @@ class Proj(Package):
     version('4.8.0', 'd815838c92a29179298c126effbb1537')
     version('4.7.0', '927d34623b52e0209ba2bfcca18fe8cd')
     version('4.6.1', '7dbaab8431ad50c25669fd3fb28dc493')
-
-    # No dependencies
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/protobuf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/protobuf/package.py
index bf0073b16a..6faa0376ad 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/protobuf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/protobuf/package.py
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Protobuf(Package):
+class Protobuf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Google's data interchange format."""
 
     homepage = "https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers"
     url      = "https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v2.5.0/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.bz2"
 
     version('2.5.0', 'a72001a9067a4c2c4e0e836d0f92ece4')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("check")
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proxymngr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proxymngr/package.py
index 896f4a516b..896f2d00b7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proxymngr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proxymngr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Proxymngr(Package):
+class Proxymngr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The proxy manager (proxymngr) is responsible for resolving requests from
     xfindproxy (and other similar clients), starting new proxies when
     appropriate, and keeping track of all of the available proxy services.
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ class Proxymngr(Package):
     depends_on('xproxymanagementprotocol', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-xpyb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-xpyb/package.py
index 49c6343c45..136da54dcf 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-xpyb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-xpyb/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class PyXpyb(Package):
+class PyXpyb(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xpyb provides a Python binding to the X Window System protocol
     via libxcb."""
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class PyXpyb(Package):
     depends_on('libxcb@1.5:')
 
     depends_on('xcb-proto@1.7.1:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/randrproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/randrproto/package.py
index ecff886a3b..ff33620448 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/randrproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/randrproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Randrproto(Package):
+class Randrproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Resize and Rotate Extension (RandR).
 
     This extension defines a protocol for clients to dynamically change X
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Randrproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py
index abb6ba04ce..ab9454b0fc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/readline/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Readline(Package):
+class Readline(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by
        applications that allow users to edit command lines as they
        are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are
@@ -40,7 +40,5 @@ class Readline(Package):
 
     depends_on("ncurses")
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
+    def build(self, spec, prefix):
         make("SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses")
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/recordproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/recordproto/package.py
index 02018a76ff..b38eeae079 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/recordproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/recordproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Recordproto(Package):
+class Recordproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Record Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol for the recording and playback of user
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Recordproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rendercheck/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rendercheck/package.py
index 07cc809e9a..f53925fe28 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rendercheck/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rendercheck/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Rendercheck(Package):
+class Rendercheck(AutotoolsPackage):
     """rendercheck is a program to test a Render extension implementation
     against separate calculations of expected output."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Rendercheck(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/renderproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/renderproto/package.py
index 10be4c941c..81348d7347 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/renderproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/renderproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Renderproto(Package):
+class Renderproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Rendering Extension.
 
     This extension defines the protcol for a digital image composition as
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Renderproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/resourceproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/resourceproto/package.py
index 4e0a495d83..11e143b5fc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/resourceproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/resourceproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Resourceproto(Package):
+class Resourceproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Resource Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol that allows a client to query the
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Resourceproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rgb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rgb/package.py
index ddc5419305..985b90449d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rgb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rgb/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Rgb(Package):
+class Rgb(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X color name database.
 
     This package includes both the list mapping X color names to RGB values
@@ -42,10 +42,3 @@ class Rgb(Package):
     depends_on('xorg-server')
 
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rstart/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rstart/package.py
index 7b80e88ae7..198c9c8be5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rstart/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rstart/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Rstart(Package):
+class Rstart(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package includes both the client and server sides implementing
     the protocol described in the "A Flexible Remote Execution Protocol
     Based on rsh" paper found in the specs/ subdirectory.
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Rstart(Package):
     depends_on('xproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rsync/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rsync/package.py
index 4e741b255f..2c21262b39 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rsync/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rsync/package.py
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Rsync(Package):
+class Rsync(AutotoolsPackage):
     """An open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer."""
     homepage = "https://rsync.samba.org"
     url      = "https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync-3.1.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('3.1.2', '0f758d7e000c0f7f7d3792610fad70cb')
     version('3.1.1', '43bd6676f0b404326eee2d63be3cdcfe')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py
index 7edfb44a4d..542612f207 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/screen/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Screen(Package):
+class Screen(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical
     terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.
     """
@@ -51,8 +51,3 @@ class Screen(Package):
     version('3.7.1', '27cdd29318446561ef7c966041cbd2c9')
 
     depends_on('ncurses')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scripts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scripts/package.py
index 7086cfd6fe..4bdf63e70a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scripts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scripts/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Scripts(Package):
+class Scripts(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Various X related scripts."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/scripts"
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class Scripts(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scrnsaverproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scrnsaverproto/package.py
index 3675fd0eff..c849d12713 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scrnsaverproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scrnsaverproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Scrnsaverproto(Package):
+class Scrnsaverproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """MIT Screen Saver Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol to control screensaver features
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Scrnsaverproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdl2-image/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdl2-image/package.py
index 5df207ac55..6e953a1451 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdl2-image/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sdl2-image/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Sdl2Image(Package):
+class Sdl2Image(AutotoolsPackage):
     """SDL is designed to provide the bare bones of creating a graphical
     program. """
 
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class Sdl2Image(Package):
     version('2.0.1', 'd94b94555ba022fa249a53a021dc3606')
 
     depends_on('sdl2')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py
index f2a240e1b3..57e00f4e77 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sed/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Sed(Package):
+class Sed(AutotoolsPackage):
     """GNU implementation of the famous stream editor."""
     homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/"
     url      = "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/sed/sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2"
 
     version('4.2.2', '7ffe1c7cdc3233e1e0c4b502df253974')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sessreg/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sessreg/package.py
index 2ab505cc7a..d50e65f4b0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sessreg/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sessreg/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Sessreg(Package):
+class Sessreg(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Sessreg is a simple program for managing utmp/wtmp entries for X
     sessions. It was originally written for use with xdm, but may also be
     used with other display managers such as gdm or kdm."""
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Sessreg(Package):
         kwargs = {'string': True}
         filter_file('$(CPP) $(DEFS)', '$(CPP) -P $(DEFS)',
                     'man/Makefile.in', **kwargs)
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/setxkbmap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/setxkbmap/package.py
index db365530c9..2c0f4380e3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/setxkbmap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/setxkbmap/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Setxkbmap(Package):
+class Setxkbmap(AutotoolsPackage):
     """setxkbmap is an X11 client to change the keymaps in the X server for a
     specified keyboard to use the layout determined by the options listed
     on the command line."""
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Setxkbmap(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/showfont/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/showfont/package.py
index 232988193b..2dd8360311 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/showfont/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/showfont/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Showfont(Package):
+class Showfont(AutotoolsPackage):
     """showfont displays data about a font from an X font server.
     The information shown includes font information, font properties,
     character metrics, and character bitmaps."""
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Showfont(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/smproxy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/smproxy/package.py
index 5bdde800d4..f7c7ebfe99 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/smproxy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/smproxy/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Smproxy(Package):
+class Smproxy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """smproxy allows X applications that do not support X11R6 session
     management to participate in an X11R6 session."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Smproxy(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/snappy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/snappy/package.py
index 1e94980c92..c7b8118a24 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/snappy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/snappy/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Snappy(Package):
+class Snappy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """A fast compressor/decompressor: https://code.google.com/p/snappy"""
 
     homepage = "https://code.google.com/p/snappy"
     url      = "https://github.com/google/snappy/releases/download/1.1.3/snappy-1.1.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.1.3', '7358c82f133dc77798e4c2062a749b73')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sowing/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sowing/package.py
index f7f6297488..5dc23579b8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sowing/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sowing/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Sowing(Package):
+class Sowing(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Sowing generates Fortran interfaces and documentation for PETSc
        and MPICH.
     """
@@ -36,7 +36,5 @@ class Sowing(Package):
 
     version('1.1.23-p1', '65aaf3ae2a4c0f30d532fec291702e16')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
+    def build(self, spec, prefix):
         make('ALL', parallel=False)
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sparsehash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sparsehash/package.py
index e5abd42ae6..6216987bce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sparsehash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sparsehash/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Sparsehash(Package):
+class Sparsehash(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Sparse and dense hash-tables for C++ by Google"""
     homepage = "https://github.com/sparsehash/sparsehash"
     url      = "https://github.com/sparsehash/sparsehash/archive/sparsehash-2.0.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('2.0.3', 'd8d5e2538c1c25577b3f066d7a55e99e')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spindle/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spindle/package.py
index 213d41e970..c23fb56f03 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spindle/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spindle/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Spindle(Package):
+class Spindle(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Spindle improves the library-loading performance of dynamically
        linked HPC applications.  Without Spindle large MPI jobs can
        overload on a shared file system when loading dynamically
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Spindle(Package):
     version('0.8.1', 'f11793a6b9d8df2cd231fccb2857d912')
 
     depends_on("launchmon")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=" + prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spot/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spot/package.py
index 096aa24c02..abb1776aaf 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spot/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spot/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Spot(Package):
+class Spot(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Spot is a C++11 library for omega-automata manipulation and model
        checking."""
     homepage = "https://spot.lrde.epita.fr/index.html"
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class Spot(Package):
 
     # depends_on("gcc@4.8:", type='build')
     depends_on("python@3.2:")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swig/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swig/package.py
index b43246dcee..77f2c69772 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swig/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/swig/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Swig(Package):
+class Swig(AutotoolsPackage):
     """SWIG is an interface compiler that connects programs written in
        C and C++ with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby,
        and Tcl. It works by taking the declarations found in C/C++
@@ -46,8 +46,3 @@ class Swig(Package):
     version('1.3.40', '2df766c9e03e02811b1ab4bba1c7b9cc')
 
     depends_on('pcre')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/the-silver-searcher/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/the-silver-searcher/package.py
index c98e964efa..9721554663 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/the-silver-searcher/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/the-silver-searcher/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class TheSilverSearcher(Package):
+class TheSilverSearcher(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Fast recursive grep alternative"""
     homepage = "http://geoff.greer.fm/ag/"
     url      = "http://geoff.greer.fm/ag/releases/the_silver_searcher-0.32.0.tar.gz"
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ class TheSilverSearcher(Package):
     depends_on('pcre')
     depends_on('xz')
     depends_on('pkg-config', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/transset/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/transset/package.py
index 0f60738741..27f3a2f882 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/transset/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/transset/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Transset(Package):
+class Transset(AutotoolsPackage):
     """transset is an utility for setting opacity property."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/transset"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Transset(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trapproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trapproto/package.py
index eebab74410..879ac569df 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trapproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trapproto/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Trapproto(Package):
+class Trapproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org TrapProto protocol headers."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/trapproto"
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/trapproto-3.4.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('3.4.3', '1344759ae8d7d923e64f5eec078a679b')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/twm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/twm/package.py
index 3e37f4903d..a1a221b969 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/twm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/twm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Twm(Package):
+class Twm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """twm is a window manager for the X Window System.  It provides
     titlebars, shaped windows, several forms of icon management,
     user-defined macro functions, click-to-type and pointer-driven
@@ -48,9 +48,3 @@ class Twm(Package):
     depends_on('flex', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uberftp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uberftp/package.py
index b0c6c8a42f..f9d0174b78 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uberftp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uberftp/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Uberftp(Package):
+class Uberftp(AutotoolsPackage):
     """UberFTP is an interactive (text-based) client for GridFTP"""
 
     homepage = "http://toolkit.globus.org/grid_software/data/uberftp.php"
@@ -36,9 +36,3 @@ class Uberftp(Package):
     version('2_6', '784210976f259f9d19c0798c19778d34')
 
     depends_on('globus-toolkit')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uncrustify/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uncrustify/package.py
index c3182d0dc8..7e4b3bd24d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uncrustify/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/uncrustify/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Uncrustify(Package):
+class Uncrustify(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Source Code Beautifier for C, C++, C#, ObjectiveC, Java, and others."""
 
     homepage = "http://uncrustify.sourceforge.net/"
     url      = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/uncrustify/uncrustify/uncrustify-0.61/uncrustify-0.61.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.61', 'b6140106e74c64e831d0b1c4b6cf7727')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/unixodbc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/unixodbc/package.py
index 15de127b7e..cba34b29c3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/unixodbc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/unixodbc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Unixodbc(Package):
+class Unixodbc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """ODBC is an open specification for providing application developers with
     a predictable API with which to access Data Sources. Data Sources include
     SQL Servers and any Data Source with an ODBC Driver."""
@@ -34,9 +34,3 @@ class Unixodbc(Package):
     url      = "ftp://ftp.unixodbc.org/pub/unixODBC/unixODBC-2.3.4.tar.gz"
 
     version('2.3.4', 'bd25d261ca1808c947cb687e2034be81')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-macros/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-macros/package.py
index 486d4463b0..181302a34a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-macros/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-macros/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class UtilMacros(Package):
+class UtilMacros(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This is a set of autoconf macros used by the configure.ac scripts in
     other Xorg modular packages, and is needed to generate new versions
     of their configure scripts with autoconf."""
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ class UtilMacros(Package):
     url = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/util/util-macros-1.19.0.tar.bz2"
 
     version('1.19.0', '1cf984125e75f8204938d998a8b6c1e1')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/videoproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/videoproto/package.py
index 93b0e61ca4..d1495fe33d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/videoproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/videoproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Videoproto(Package):
+class Videoproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Video Extension.
 
     This extension provides a protocol for a video output mechanism,
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Videoproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/viewres/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/viewres/package.py
index 3a32555075..9e6daafc8b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/viewres/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/viewres/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Viewres(Package):
+class Viewres(AutotoolsPackage):
     """viewres displays a tree showing the widget class hierarchy of the
     Athena Widget Set (libXaw)."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Viewres(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/windowswmproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/windowswmproto/package.py
index f163d1afb0..9341cbd22c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/windowswmproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/windowswmproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Windowswmproto(Package):
+class Windowswmproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This module provides the definition of the WindowsWM extension to the
     X11 protocol, used for coordination between an X11 server and the
     Microsoft Windows native window manager.
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Windowswmproto(Package):
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/windowswmproto-1.0.4.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.0.4', '558db92a8e4e1b07e9c62eca3f04dd8d')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/x11perf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/x11perf/package.py
index 91db1e8a59..89936e77f5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/x11perf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/x11perf/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class X11perf(Package):
+class X11perf(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Simple X server performance benchmarker."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/x11perf"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class X11perf(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xauth/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xauth/package.py
index 6d6a03c899..fa172b5dc0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xauth/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xauth/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xauth(Package):
+class Xauth(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xauth program is used to edit and display the authorization
     information used in connecting to the X server."""
 
@@ -43,9 +43,4 @@ class Xauth(Package):
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        # make('check')  # TODO: add package for cmdtest build dependency
-        make('install')
+    # TODO: add package for cmdtest test dependency
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbacklight/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbacklight/package.py
index f1a9ecc124..da9ab8f3bd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbacklight/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbacklight/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xbacklight(Package):
+class Xbacklight(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xbacklight is used to adjust the backlight brightness where supported.
     It uses the RandR extension to find all outputs on the X server
     supporting backlight brightness control and changes them all in the
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xbacklight(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbiff/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbiff/package.py
index f5c53c5997..29bd9086d8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbiff/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbiff/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xbiff(Package):
+class Xbiff(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xbiff provides graphical notification of new e-mail.
     It only handles mail stored in a filesystem accessible file,
     not via IMAP, POP or other remote access protocols."""
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Xbiff(Package):
     depends_on('xbitmaps', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbitmaps/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbitmaps/package.py
index 1c6fb79d3a..6fcaf1240d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbitmaps/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbitmaps/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xbitmaps(Package):
+class Xbitmaps(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xbitmaps package contains bitmap images used by multiple
     applications built in Xorg."""
 
@@ -36,8 +36,3 @@ class Xbitmaps(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcalc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcalc/package.py
index a470d1c9d0..7b4717db65 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcalc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcalc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xcalc(Package):
+class Xcalc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xcalc is a scientific calculator X11 client that can emulate a TI-30
     or an HP-10C."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xcalc(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-demo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-demo/package.py
index 62433e3b32..6c3ccfa8aa 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-demo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-demo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbDemo(Package):
+class XcbDemo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xcb-demo: A collection of demo programs that use the XCB library."""
 
     homepage = "https://xcb.freedesktop.org/"
@@ -40,12 +40,5 @@ class XcbDemo(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        # FIXME: crashes with the following error message
-        # X11/XCB/xcb.h: No such file or directory
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
+    # FIXME: crashes with the following error message
+    # X11/XCB/xcb.h: No such file or directory
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-proto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-proto/package.py
index d2ac54d34f..be8a09ef62 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-proto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-proto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbProto(Package):
+class XcbProto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xcb-proto provides the XML-XCB protocol descriptions that libxcb uses to
     generate the majority of its code and API."""
 
@@ -37,8 +37,4 @@ class XcbProto(Package):
 
     extends('python')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        # make('check')  # fails xmllint validation
-        make('install')
+    # NOTE: `make check` fails xmllint validation
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-cursor/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-cursor/package.py
index b25fb181a6..83ae52ae93 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-cursor/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-cursor/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtilCursor(Package):
+class XcbUtilCursor(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class XcbUtilCursor(Package):
     depends_on('xcb-util-image')
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-errors/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-errors/package.py
index c287a0ec6e..f7c950841d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-errors/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-errors/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtilErrors(Package):
+class XcbUtilErrors(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -42,10 +42,3 @@ class XcbUtilErrors(Package):
 
     depends_on('xcb-proto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-image/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-image/package.py
index 4413c7e11d..58a5f82d18 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-image/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-image/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtilImage(Package):
+class XcbUtilImage(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -43,10 +43,3 @@ class XcbUtilImage(Package):
 
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.8:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-keysyms/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-keysyms/package.py
index 0de6391b18..026ac2a129 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-keysyms/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-keysyms/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtilKeysyms(Package):
+class XcbUtilKeysyms(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class XcbUtilKeysyms(Package):
 
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.8:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-renderutil/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-renderutil/package.py
index d41c88206c..aa4db33112 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-renderutil/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-renderutil/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtilRenderutil(Package):
+class XcbUtilRenderutil(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class XcbUtilRenderutil(Package):
     depends_on('libxcb@1.4:')
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-wm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-wm/package.py
index ef3db06aec..c5dfe65423 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-wm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util-wm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtilWm(Package):
+class XcbUtilWm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class XcbUtilWm(Package):
     depends_on('libxcb@1.4:')
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util/package.py
index 820592a319..6dcfbb6447 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-util/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XcbUtil(Package):
+class XcbUtil(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XCB util modules provides a number of libraries which sit on top
     of libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
     libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class XcbUtil(Package):
     depends_on('libxcb@1.4:')
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclipboard/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclipboard/package.py
index d9af19da71..309a09bd76 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclipboard/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclipboard/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xclipboard(Package):
+class Xclipboard(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xclipboard is used to collect and display text selections that are
     sent to the CLIPBOARD by other clients.  It is typically used to save
     CLIPBOARD selections for later use.  It stores each CLIPBOARD
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ class Xclipboard(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclock/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclock/package.py
index 5bd38826db..0ec33e78de 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclock/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xclock/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xclock(Package):
+class Xclock(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xclock is the classic X Window System clock utility.  It displays
     the time in analog or digital form, continuously updated at a
     frequency which may be specified by the user."""
@@ -46,9 +46,3 @@ class Xclock(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmiscproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmiscproto/package.py
index 2b15d1b3e7..c31b19f04b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmiscproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmiscproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xcmiscproto(Package):
+class Xcmiscproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XC-MISC Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol that provides Xlib two ways to query
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Xcmiscproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmsdb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmsdb/package.py
index 4d12e3a843..74e1f6267f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmsdb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcmsdb/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xcmsdb(Package):
+class Xcmsdb(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xcmsdb is used to load, query, or remove Device Color Characterization
     data stored in properties on the root window of the screen as
     specified in section 7, Device Color Characterization, of the
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xcmsdb(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcompmgr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcompmgr/package.py
index fc5bbb4b9c..1c0771e38d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcompmgr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcompmgr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xcompmgr(Package):
+class Xcompmgr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xcompmgr is a sample compositing manager for X servers supporting the
     XFIXES, DAMAGE, RENDER, and COMPOSITE extensions.  It enables basic
     eye-candy effects."""
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Xcompmgr(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xconsole/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xconsole/package.py
index f86fe753b6..eabd5a48ed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xconsole/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xconsole/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xconsole(Package):
+class Xconsole(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xconsole displays in a X11 window the messages which are usually sent
     to /dev/console."""
 
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xconsole(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcursorgen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcursorgen/package.py
index 4e43844646..8098723fc8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcursorgen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcursorgen/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xcursorgen(Package):
+class Xcursorgen(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xcursorgen prepares X11 cursor sets for use with libXcursor."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xcursorgen"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xcursorgen(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdbedizzy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdbedizzy/package.py
index 7a8f97401f..61ad98dc61 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdbedizzy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdbedizzy/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xdbedizzy(Package):
+class Xdbedizzy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xdbedizzy is a demo of the X11 Double Buffer Extension (DBE)
     creating a double buffered spinning scene."""
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xdbedizzy(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xditview/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xditview/package.py
index 3fececd12e..4f5384b81c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xditview/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xditview/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xditview(Package):
+class Xditview(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xditview displays ditroff output on an X display."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xditview"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xditview(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdm/package.py
index d42ced9a57..384077e556 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xdm(Package):
+class Xdm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Display Manager / XDMCP server."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xdm"
@@ -46,9 +46,3 @@ class Xdm(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdpyinfo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdpyinfo/package.py
index c69af3b357..f3838999eb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdpyinfo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdpyinfo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xdpyinfo(Package):
+class Xdpyinfo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xdpyinfo is a utility for displaying information about an X server.
 
     It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined
@@ -46,9 +46,3 @@ class Xdpyinfo(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.22:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdriinfo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdriinfo/package.py
index 7548175f6f..9545f7707d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdriinfo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xdriinfo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xdriinfo(Package):
+class Xdriinfo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xdriinfo - query configuration information of X11 DRI drivers."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xdriinfo"
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ class Xdriinfo(Package):
     depends_on('glproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xedit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xedit/package.py
index da5f28809f..73aca40a3b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xedit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xedit/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xedit(Package):
+class Xedit(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xedit is a simple text editor for X."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xedit"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xedit(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xev/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xev/package.py
index 5727d4e428..79ff7b08a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xev/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xev/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xev(Package):
+class Xev(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xev creates a window and then asks the X server to send it X11 events
     whenever anything happens to the window (such as it being moved,
     resized, typed in, clicked in, etc.).  You can also attach it to an
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ class Xev(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xextproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xextproto/package.py
index 9c1c123527..012a023e72 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xextproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xextproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xextproto(Package):
+class Xextproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Protocol Extensions."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xextproto"
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class Xextproto(Package):
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
 
     parallel = False
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xeyes/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xeyes/package.py
index cfea92fda3..599b08544b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xeyes/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xeyes/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xeyes(Package):
+class Xeyes(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xeyes - a follow the mouse X demo, using the X SHAPE extension"""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xeyes"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xeyes(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86bigfontproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86bigfontproto/package.py
index 6c1dc8f37d..5a2e10a7ba 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86bigfontproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86bigfontproto/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86bigfontproto(Package):
+class Xf86bigfontproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org XF86BigFontProto protocol headers."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xf86bigfontproto"
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/xf86bigfontproto-1.2.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.2.0', '91b0733ff4cbe55808d96073258aa3d1')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dga/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dga/package.py
index 8add6fbca7..1bd2feaaa3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dga/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dga/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86dga(Package):
+class Xf86dga(AutotoolsPackage):
     """dga is a simple test client for the XFree86-DGA extension."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xf86dga"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xf86dga(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dgaproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dgaproto/package.py
index 05b64c9534..3c92582a3a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dgaproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86dgaproto/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86dgaproto(Package):
+class Xf86dgaproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org XF86DGAProto protocol headers."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xf86dgaproto"
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/xf86dgaproto-2.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('2.1', '1fe79dc07857ad3e1fb8b8f2bdd70d1b')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86driproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86driproto/package.py
index 655d1bc60b..8378eb9e5e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86driproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86driproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86driproto(Package):
+class Xf86driproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XFree86 Direct Rendering Infrastructure Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol to allow user applications to access
@@ -39,8 +39,3 @@ class Xf86driproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86miscproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86miscproto/package.py
index 4b7e279077..4368eed326 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86miscproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86miscproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86miscproto(Package):
+class Xf86miscproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package includes the protocol definitions of the "XFree86-Misc"
     extension to the X11 protocol.  The "XFree86-Misc" extension is
     supported by the XFree86 X server and versions of the Xorg X server
@@ -35,8 +35,3 @@ class Xf86miscproto(Package):
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/xf86miscproto-0.9.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.9.3', 'c6432f04f84929c94fa05b3a466c489d')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86rushproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86rushproto/package.py
index bdd192970b..05b9afa40a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86rushproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86rushproto/package.py
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86rushproto(Package):
+class Xf86rushproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.org XF86RushProto protocol headers."""
 
     homepage = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xf86rushproto"
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/xf86rushproto-1.1.2.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.1.2', '6a6389473332ace01146cccfef228576')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86vidmodeproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86vidmodeproto/package.py
index ece389f9e6..aaf1db4472 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86vidmodeproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xf86vidmodeproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xf86vidmodeproto(Package):
+class Xf86vidmodeproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XFree86 Video Mode Extension.
 
     This extension defines a protocol for dynamically configuring modelines
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Xf86vidmodeproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfd/package.py
index 669cd83bf5..b7d1282b27 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfd/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xfd(Package):
+class Xfd(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xfd - display all the characters in a font using either the
     X11 core protocol or libXft2."""
 
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ class Xfd(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfindproxy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfindproxy/package.py
index e4b83433c4..af767be8a1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfindproxy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfindproxy/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xfindproxy(Package):
+class Xfindproxy(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xfindproxy is used to locate available X11 proxy services.
 
     It utilizes the Proxy Management Protocol to communicate with a proxy
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ class Xfindproxy(Package):
     depends_on('xproxymanagementprotocol', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfontsel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfontsel/package.py
index 772ff8d570..ca14f1460c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfontsel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfontsel/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xfontsel(Package):
+class Xfontsel(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xfontsel application provides a simple way to display the X11 core
     protocol fonts known to your X server, examine samples of each, and
     retrieve the X Logical Font Description ("XLFD") full name for a font."""
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xfontsel(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfs/package.py
index 72429dee90..e5a71e4a27 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfs/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xfs(Package):
+class Xfs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Font Server."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xfs"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xfs(Package):
     depends_on('xtrans', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfsinfo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfsinfo/package.py
index b31ad1c1e0..9913537995 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfsinfo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfsinfo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xfsinfo(Package):
+class Xfsinfo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xfsinfo is a utility for displaying information about an X font
     server.  It is used to examine the capabilities of a server, the
     predefined values for various parameters used in communicating between
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xfsinfo(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfwp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfwp/package.py
index 5f073a8806..c199b50f6c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfwp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xfwp/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xfwp(Package):
+class Xfwp(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xfwp proxies X11 protocol connections, such as through a firewall."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xfwp"
@@ -40,11 +40,5 @@ class Xfwp(Package):
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        # FIXME: fails with the error message:
-        # io.c:1039:7: error: implicit declaration of function 'swab'
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
+    # FIXME: fails with the error message:
+    # io.c:1039:7: error: implicit declaration of function 'swab'
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgamma/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgamma/package.py
index b8abec293a..845f2a54e3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgamma/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgamma/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xgamma(Package):
+class Xgamma(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xgamma allows X users to query and alter the gamma correction of a
     monitor via the X video mode extension (XFree86-VidModeExtension)."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xgamma(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgc/package.py
index 608e6e0360..23ba36809e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xgc/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xgc(Package):
+class Xgc(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xgc is an X11 graphics demo that shows various features of the X11
     core protocol graphics primitives."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xgc(Package):
     depends_on('bison', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xhost/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xhost/package.py
index f01c481ee7..3928593611 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xhost/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xhost/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xhost(Package):
+class Xhost(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xhost is used to manage the list of host names or user names
     allowed to make connections to the X server."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xhost(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.22:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xineramaproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xineramaproto/package.py
index baededbb25..0a3374b1b6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xineramaproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xineramaproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xineramaproto(Package):
+class Xineramaproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Xinerama Extension.
 
     This is an X extension that allows multiple physical screens controlled
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Xineramaproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinit/package.py
index 9f3bc09229..8bf7227cc8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinit/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xinit(Package):
+class Xinit(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xinit program is used to start the X Window System server and a
     first client program on systems that are not using a display manager
     such as xdm."""
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xinit(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinput/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinput/package.py
index 3c4fb35503..b512d86495 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinput/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xinput/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xinput(Package):
+class Xinput(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xinput is a utility to configure and test XInput devices."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinput"
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xinput(Package):
     depends_on('inputproto@2.1.99.1:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbcomp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbcomp/package.py
index e6e8875fa7..315c49a22d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbcomp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbcomp/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xkbcomp(Package):
+class Xkbcomp(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The X Keyboard (XKB) Extension essentially replaces the core protocol
     definition of a keyboard. The extension makes it possible to specify
     clearly and explicitly most aspects of keyboard behaviour on a per-key
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ class Xkbcomp(Package):
     depends_on('bison', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbdata/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbdata/package.py
index fc84631e36..c67e047d71 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbdata/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbdata/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xkbdata(Package):
+class Xkbdata(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The XKB data files for the various keyboard models, layouts,
     and locales."""
 
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ class Xkbdata(Package):
     version('1.0.1', 'a7e0fbc9cc84c621243c777694388064')
 
     depends_on('xkbcomp', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbevd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbevd/package.py
index 462d989db2..8793a3a38b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbevd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbevd/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xkbevd(Package):
+class Xkbevd(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XKB event daemon demo."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xkbevd"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xkbevd(Package):
     depends_on('bison', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbprint/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbprint/package.py
index dc92ac4126..100d4e4436 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbprint/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbprint/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xkbprint(Package):
+class Xkbprint(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xkbprint generates a printable or encapsulated PostScript description
     of an XKB keyboard description."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xkbprint(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbutils/package.py
index a4c6c97578..eef24a0145 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkbutils/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xkbutils(Package):
+class Xkbutils(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xkbutils is a collection of small utilities utilizing the XKeyboard
     (XKB) extension to the X11 protocol."""
 
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xkbutils(Package):
     depends_on('inputproto', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkeyboard-config/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkeyboard-config/package.py
index 3ad7ea197c..d7ae34e1e6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkeyboard-config/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkeyboard-config/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XkeyboardConfig(Package):
+class XkeyboardConfig(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This project provides a consistent, well-structured, frequently
     released, open source database of keyboard configuration data. The
     project is targeted to XKB-based systems."""
@@ -49,9 +49,3 @@ class XkeyboardConfig(Package):
     # gmsgfmt
     # perl@5.8.1:
     # perl XML::Parser
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkill/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkill/package.py
index 061d756eec..e73fa3b9a2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkill/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xkill/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xkill(Package):
+class Xkill(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xkill is a utility for forcing the X server to close connections to
     clients.  This program is very dangerous, but is useful for aborting
     programs that have displayed undesired windows on a user's screen."""
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xkill(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.22:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xload/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xload/package.py
index 2fc91043b5..412c0aa0c4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xload/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xload/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xload(Package):
+class Xload(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xload displays a periodically updating histogram of the
     system load average."""
 
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xload(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlogo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlogo/package.py
index 77f5bd3639..8e1250cc69 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlogo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlogo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xlogo(Package):
+class Xlogo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xlogo program simply displays the X Window System logo."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xlogo"
@@ -45,9 +45,3 @@ class Xlogo(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsatoms/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsatoms/package.py
index 8722b57c8c..5f0dc8adc7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsatoms/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsatoms/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xlsatoms(Package):
+class Xlsatoms(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xlsatoms lists the interned atoms defined on an X11 server."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xlsatoms"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xlsatoms(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsclients/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsclients/package.py
index 3714de2706..fb232a1d0f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsclients/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsclients/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xlsclients(Package):
+class Xlsclients(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xlsclients is a utility for listing information about the client
     applications running on a X11 server."""
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xlsclients(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsfonts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsfonts/package.py
index 011ca5aa0e..61696a5010 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsfonts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xlsfonts/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xlsfonts(Package):
+class Xlsfonts(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xlsfonts lists fonts available from an X server via the X11
     core protocol."""
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xlsfonts(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmag/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmag/package.py
index 27843299c8..65eb9e636b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmag/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmag/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xmag(Package):
+class Xmag(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xmag displays a magnified snapshot of a portion of an X11 screen."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xmag"
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xmag(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xman/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xman/package.py
index 629a457edc..0a3bf893ee 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xman/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xman/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xman(Package):
+class Xman(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xman is a graphical manual page browser using the Athena Widgets (Xaw)
     toolkit."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xman(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmessage/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmessage/package.py
index 9b2ee5102e..7481713c1b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmessage/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmessage/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xmessage(Package):
+class Xmessage(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xmessage displays a message or query in a window.  The user can click
     on an "okay" button to dismiss it or can select one of several buttons
     to answer a question.  xmessage can also exit after a specified time."""
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xmessage(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmh/package.py
index cdde63e149..1c7bc8a346 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmh/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xmh(Package):
+class Xmh(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xmh program provides a graphical user interface to the
     MH Message Handling System.  To actually do things with your
     mail, it makes calls to the MH package."""
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class Xmh(Package):
     depends_on('xbitmaps@1.1.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py
index 0dbc81de32..2ed392b9b8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmlto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xmlto(Package):
+class Xmlto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Utility xmlto is a simple shell script for converting XML files to various
     formats. It serves as easy to use command line frontend to make fine output
     without remembering many long options and searching for the syntax of the
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xmlto(Package):
 
     # FIXME: missing a lot of dependencies
     depends_on('libxslt')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmodmap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmodmap/package.py
index abe40dbb43..323a16cbe8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmodmap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmodmap/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xmodmap(Package):
+class Xmodmap(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xmodmap program is used to edit and display the keyboard modifier
     map and keymap table that are used by client applications to convert
     event keycodes into keysyms.  It is usually run from the user's
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xmodmap(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.25:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmore/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmore/package.py
index 8f8ccd7138..bb1f0ada27 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmore/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xmore/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xmore(Package):
+class Xmore(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xmore - plain text display program for the X Window System."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xmore"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xmore(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-cf-files/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-cf-files/package.py
index c7b22d904f..a203911d0e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-cf-files/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-cf-files/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XorgCfFiles(Package):
+class XorgCfFiles(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xorg-cf-files package contains the data files for the imake utility,
     defining the known settings for a wide variety of platforms (many of which
     have not been verified or tested in over a decade), and for many of the
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ class XorgCfFiles(Package):
     version('1.0.6', 'c0ce98377c70d95fb48e1bd856109bf8')
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-docs/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-docs/package.py
index 5c320bba7b..7bee98859d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-docs/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-docs/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XorgDocs(Package):
+class XorgDocs(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package provides miscellaneous documentation for the X Window
     System that doesn't better fit into other packages.
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class XorgDocs(Package):
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
     depends_on('xorg-sgml-doctools@1.8:', type='build')
     depends_on('xmlto', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-gtest/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-gtest/package.py
index 6978d610d3..ede26149e1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-gtest/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-gtest/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XorgGtest(Package):
+class XorgGtest(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Provides a Google Test environment for starting and stopping
     a X server for testing purposes."""
 
@@ -43,9 +43,3 @@ class XorgGtest(Package):
 
     # TODO: may be missing evemu package?
     # TODO: what is the difference between xorg-gtest and googletest packages?
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-server/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-server/package.py
index 9d9b49f9c2..fcc4918a02 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-server/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-server/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XorgServer(Package):
+class XorgServer(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X.Org Server is the free and open source implementation of the display
     server for the X Window System stewarded by the X.Org Foundation."""
 
@@ -100,9 +100,3 @@ class XorgServer(Package):
     # LIBUDEV="libudev >= 143"
     # LIBSELINUX="libselinux >= 2.0.86"
     # LIBDBUS="dbus-1 >= 1.0"
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-sgml-doctools/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-sgml-doctools/package.py
index c2e5797efa..c9a5d4fd80 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-sgml-doctools/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xorg-sgml-doctools/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class XorgSgmlDoctools(Package):
+class XorgSgmlDoctools(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This package provides a common set of SGML entities and XML/CSS style
     sheets used in building/formatting the documentation provided in other
     X.Org packages."""
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class XorgSgmlDoctools(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xphelloworld/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xphelloworld/package.py
index 6d445d69be..ce593e746b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xphelloworld/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xphelloworld/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xphelloworld(Package):
+class Xphelloworld(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Xprint sample applications."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xphelloworld"
@@ -46,9 +46,3 @@ class Xphelloworld(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xplsprinters/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xplsprinters/package.py
index 55de272a33..b8fdb08472 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xplsprinters/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xplsprinters/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xplsprinters(Package):
+class Xplsprinters(AutotoolsPackage):
     """List Xprint printers."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xplsprinters"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xplsprinters(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xpr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xpr/package.py
index 669693e084..6e933e0994 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xpr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xpr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xpr(Package):
+class Xpr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xpr takes as input a window dump file produced by xwd
     and formats it for output on various types of printers."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xpr(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprehashprinterlist/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprehashprinterlist/package.py
index 4578c3c191..3f7de96c12 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprehashprinterlist/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprehashprinterlist/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xprehashprinterlist(Package):
+class Xprehashprinterlist(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Rehash list of Xprint printers."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xprehashprinterlist"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xprehashprinterlist(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprop/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprop/package.py
index 0e1a591bcb..ece50c9205 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprop/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xprop/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xprop(Package):
+class Xprop(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xprop is a command line tool to display and/or set window and font
     properties of an X server."""
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xprop(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproto/package.py
index 67074a6993..9e1b6d4474 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproto/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xproto(Package):
+class Xproto(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Window System Core Protocol.
 
     This package provides the headers and specification documents defining
@@ -42,8 +42,3 @@ class Xproto(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproxymanagementprotocol/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproxymanagementprotocol/package.py
index e5bfcb8cbc..cec6a13f5f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproxymanagementprotocol/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xproxymanagementprotocol/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xproxymanagementprotocol(Package):
+class Xproxymanagementprotocol(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Proxy Management Protocol is an ICE based protocol that provides a
     way for application servers to easily locate proxy services available to
     them."""
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ class Xproxymanagementprotocol(Package):
     url      = "https://www.x.org/archive/individual/proto/xproxymanagementprotocol-1.0.3.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.0.3', 'c4ab05a6174b4e9b6ae5b7cfbb6d718e')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrandr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrandr/package.py
index 35e21c6047..6fdc4da4fe 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrandr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrandr/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xrandr(Package):
+class Xrandr(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xrandr - primitive command line interface to X11 Resize, Rotate, and
     Reflect (RandR) extension."""
 
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xrandr(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrdb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrdb/package.py
index 93847a19a0..c0374e7056 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrdb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrdb/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xrdb(Package):
+class Xrdb(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xrdb - X server resource database utility."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrdb"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xrdb(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrefresh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrefresh/package.py
index f99810beea..3a2c47b086 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrefresh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrefresh/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xrefresh(Package):
+class Xrefresh(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrefresh"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xrefresh(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrx/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrx/package.py
index 4457c2f164..eae7b76768 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrx/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xrx/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xrx(Package):
+class Xrx(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The remote execution (RX) service specifies a MIME format for invoking
     applications remotely, for example via a World Wide Web browser.  This
     RX format specifies a syntax for listing network services required by
@@ -49,9 +49,3 @@ class Xrx(Package):
     depends_on('xproxymanagementprotocol', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xscope/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xscope/package.py
index cf33c9767e..04f00a5f5d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xscope/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xscope/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xscope(Package):
+class Xscope(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XSCOPE -- a program to monitor X11/Client conversations."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xscope"
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class Xscope(Package):
     depends_on('xtrans', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xset/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xset/package.py
index 462bea8cfe..5ca84431fd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xset/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xset/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xset(Package):
+class Xset(AutotoolsPackage):
     """User preference utility for X."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xset"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xset(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetmode/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetmode/package.py
index f05fd0f123..8d39de26a4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetmode/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetmode/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xsetmode(Package):
+class Xsetmode(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Set the mode for an X Input device."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xsetmode"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xsetmode(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetpointer/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetpointer/package.py
index e9bf2fc9fe..194ef186ae 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetpointer/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetpointer/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xsetpointer(Package):
+class Xsetpointer(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Set an X Input device as the main pointer."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xsetpointer"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xsetpointer(Package):
     depends_on('inputproto@1.4:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetroot/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetroot/package.py
index 3e62d41e9b..8be0625ff1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetroot/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsetroot/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xsetroot(Package):
+class Xsetroot(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xsetroot - root window parameter setting utility for X."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xsetroot"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xsetroot(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsm/package.py
index 9d9c896365..4d91dae142 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xsm(Package):
+class Xsm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """X Session Manager."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xsm"
@@ -41,9 +41,3 @@ class Xsm(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xstdcmap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xstdcmap/package.py
index bb19bdff1a..8c3a081ae7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xstdcmap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xstdcmap/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xstdcmap(Package):
+class Xstdcmap(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The xstdcmap utility can be used to selectively define standard colormap
     properties.  It is intended to be run from a user's X startup script to
     create standard colormap definitions in order to facilitate sharing of
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xstdcmap(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrans/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrans/package.py
index ed46059d9d..62f74b8cec 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrans/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrans/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xtrans(Package):
+class Xtrans(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xtrans is a library of code that is shared among various X packages to
     handle network protocol transport in a modular fashion, allowing a
     single place to add new transport types.  It is used by the X server,
@@ -38,8 +38,3 @@ class Xtrans(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrap/package.py
index 405ec2f848..4a899b5111 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xtrap/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xtrap(Package):
+class Xtrap(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XTrap sample clients."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xtrap"
@@ -38,9 +38,3 @@ class Xtrap(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xts/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xts/package.py
index c3993cf391..9dd3e4a05c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xts/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xts/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xts(Package):
+class Xts(AutotoolsPackage):
     """This is a revamped version of X Test Suite (XTS) which removes some of
     the ugliness of building and running the tests."""
 
@@ -50,11 +50,5 @@ class Xts(Package):
     depends_on('xset', type='build')
     depends_on('xdpyinfo', type='build')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        # FIXME: Crashes during compilation
-        # error: redeclaration of enumerator 'XawChainTop'
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
+    # FIXME: Crashes during compilation
+    # error: redeclaration of enumerator 'XawChainTop'
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvidtune/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvidtune/package.py
index ac5352df5f..42dbc23aa0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvidtune/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvidtune/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xvidtune(Package):
+class Xvidtune(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xvidtune is a client interface to the X server video mode
     extension (XFree86-VidModeExtension)."""
 
@@ -42,9 +42,3 @@ class Xvidtune(Package):
 
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvinfo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvinfo/package.py
index 359f1f23de..f7a275f452 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvinfo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xvinfo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xvinfo(Package):
+class Xvinfo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xvinfo prints out the capabilities of any video adaptors associated
     with the display that are accessible through the X-Video extension."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xvinfo(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.25:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwd/package.py
index d1f9ee1dfb..9016e17915 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwd/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xwd(Package):
+class Xwd(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xwd - dump an image of an X window."""
 
     homepage = "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xwd"
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xwd(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwininfo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwininfo/package.py
index bba97ca671..61aa86bf46 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwininfo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwininfo/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xwininfo(Package):
+class Xwininfo(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xwininfo prints information about windows on an X server. Various
     information is displayed depending on which options are selected."""
 
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ class Xwininfo(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwud/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwud/package.py
index a30d55b7c6..9294156e16 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwud/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xwud/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xwud(Package):
+class Xwud(AutotoolsPackage):
     """xwud allows X users to display in a window an image saved in a
     specially formatted dump file, such as produced by xwd."""
 
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ class Xwud(Package):
     depends_on('xproto@7.0.17:', type='build')
     depends_on('pkg-config@0.9.0:', type='build')
     depends_on('util-macros', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xz/package.py
index 8b0609f50e..c86c8c64b2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xz/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Xz(Package):
+class Xz(AutotoolsPackage):
     """XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with
        high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like
        systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are
@@ -35,11 +35,3 @@ class Xz(Package):
 
     version('5.2.0', '867cc8611760240ebf3440bd6e170bb9')
     version('5.2.2', 'f90c9a0c8b259aee2234c4e0d7fd70af')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix={0}'.format(prefix))
-
-        make()
-        if self.run_tests:
-            make('check')
-        make('install')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yasm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yasm/package.py
index f14bdbcee7..e42ea6a5a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yasm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yasm/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Yasm(Package):
+class Yasm(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM-2.11.06 assembler. It
        supports the x86 and AMD64 instruction sets, accepts NASM and
        GAS assembler syntaxes and outputs binary, ELF32 and ELF64
@@ -34,8 +34,3 @@ class Yasm(Package):
     url      = "http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.3.0.tar.gz"
 
     version('1.3.0', 'fc9e586751ff789b34b1f21d572d96af')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-        make()
-        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zeromq/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zeromq/package.py
index cafd3c2125..51fff7222d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zeromq/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zeromq/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Zeromq(Package):
+class Zeromq(AutotoolsPackage):
     """ The ZMQ networking/concurrency library and core API """
     homepage = "http://zguide.zeromq.org/"
     url      = "http://download.zeromq.org/zeromq-4.1.2.tar.gz"
@@ -40,8 +40,5 @@ class Zeromq(Package):
     depends_on("libsodium")
     depends_on("libsodium@:1.0.3", when='@:4.1.2')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure("--with-libsodium", "--prefix=%s" % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
+    def configure_args(self):
+        return ['--with-libsodium']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
index a70d307be9..7b9c485966 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class Zsh(Package):
+class Zsh(AutotoolsPackage):
     """Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a
     powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash, ksh, and
     tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original features were added.
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ class Zsh(Package):
     version('5.1.1', checksum='8ba28a9ef82e40c3a271602f18343b2f')
 
     depends_on("pcre")
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
-
-        make()
-        make("install")
author	Adam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com>	2017-01-18 12:34:09 -0600
committer	Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov>	2017-01-18 10:34:09 -0800
commit	02f92fc7f8a69618fcf91282222b8316ace9c4ae (patch)
tree	b432d1f909dad49a464aba677ef7fca682ea9c04
parent	5812081b80301089a30e2087a32ddfcaa7c6b4e4 (diff)
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