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autoconf


Information about the package, autoconf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The autoconf package is designed for, A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code.


Package Name:

autoconf

Summary:

A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code

Description:

GNU Autoconf is a tool for configuring source code and Makefiles. Using Autoconf, programmers can create portable and configurable packages, since the person building the package is allowed to specify various configuration options. You should install Autoconf if you are developing software and would like to create shell scripts that configure your source code packages. If you are installing Autoconf, you will also need to install the GNU m4 package. Note that the Autoconf package is not required for the end-user who may be configuring software with an Autoconf-generated script; Autoconf is only required for the generation of the scripts, not their use.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

2.63

Release:

5.1.el6

Size:

2.5 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

GPLv3+ and GFDL



Handy Yum Commands for autoconf


Control the autoconf package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install autoconf

This command will install autoconf on the server.

yum remove autoconf

This command will un-install autoconf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove autoconf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove autoconf

This command will un-install autoconf on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove autoconf when using the -y flag.

yum update autoconf

This command will update autoconf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove autoconf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update autoconf

This command will update autoconf to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove autoconf when using the -y flag.

yum info autoconf

This command will show you core information about the autoconf package.

yum deplist autoconf

This command will show you the dependencies for autoconf. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update autoconf

This command will check if there is an update waiting on autoconf. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.