Installing Autoconf-2.57

Estimated build time:           2.9 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  7.7 MB

Contents of Autoconf

Autoconf produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code.

Installed programs: autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames

Autoconf Installation Dependencies

Autoconf depends on: Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed.

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