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Autoconf Prepare Autoconf for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check This takes a long time, about 4.7 SBUs. In addition, 6 tests are skipped that use Automake. For full test coverage, Autoconf can be re-tested after Automake has been installed. Install the package: make install Installed programs Installed directory autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate, and ifnames /usr/share/autoconf Short Descriptions autoconf Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are independent—running them does not require the autoconf program. autoconf autoheader A tool for creating template files of C #define statements for configure to use autoheader autom4te A wrapper for the M4 macro processor autom4te autoreconf Automatically runs autoconf, autoheader, aclocal, automake, gettextize, and libtoolize in the correct order to save time when changes are made to autoconf and automake template files autoreconf autoscan Helps to create a configure.in file for a software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree, searching them for common portability issues, and creates a configure.scan file that serves as as a preliminary configure.in file for the package autoscan autoupdate Modifies a configure.in file that still calls autoconf macros by their old names to use the current macro names autoupdate ifnames Helps when writing configure.in files for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set up to have some portability, this program can help determine what configure needs to check for. It can also fill in gaps in a configure.in file generated by autoscan ifnames