Installing Autoconf-2.57

Estimated build time:           0.05 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
Diffutils: cmp
Fileutils: chmod, install, ln, ls, mkdir, mv, rm
Grep: fgrep, grep
M4: m4
Make: make
Gawk: gawk
Sed: sed
Sh-utils: echo, expr, hostname, sleep, uname
Texinfo: install-info
Textutils: cat, tr

Installation of Autoconf

Prepare Autoconf to be compiled:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Continue with compiling the package:

make

And finish off installing the package:

make install