Installing Autoconf-2.57

Estimated build time:           2.3 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  6 MB

Contents of Autoconf

(Last checked against version 2.53.)

Autoconf produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code.

Autoconf installs the following:

Program Files

autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames

Autoconf Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 2.52.)

Bash: sh
Coreutils: cat, chmod, echo, expr, hostname, install,
             sleep, uname, ln, ls, mkdir, mv, rm, tr
Diffutils: cmp
Gawk: gawk
Grep: fgrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info

Installation of Autoconf

Prepare Autoconf for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:

make check

And install the package:

make install