Autoconf

Autoconf - Produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code

Extensible package of m4 macros that produce portable shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems with minimal manual user intervention. Autoconf requires GNU m4. You must install GNU m4 before configuring Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find it. The configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to have Autoconf or GNU m4 installed.

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Source tarball	http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.59.tar.gz

Version 2.59 (stable) released on 2003-12-16

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual available in HTML, PDF, Info, ASCII, TeX dvi, PostScript, TeXinfo from http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.57/autoconf.html

Support contacts

Developer List	<autoconf@gnu.org> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf/
Bug List	<bug-autoconf@gnu.org>; patches: auto-conf-patches@gnu.org>

Project contacts

Maintainers	Akim Demaille <akim@freefriends.org> Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> Jim Meyering <meyering@ascend.com> Alexandre Oliva <oliva@lsd.ic.unicamp.br> Tom Tromey <tromey@rednat.com> Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Developers	David MacKenzie Francois Pinard <iro@umontreal.ca> Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>

Related information

Source repository	http://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/autoconf/
Interfaces	command line
Source languages	Perl, shell script, M4
Supported languages	C, C++, Fortran 77
Use requirements	GNU M4 1.4
Build prerequisites	GNU M4 1.4
Weak prerequisites	Perl

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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