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Installed Packages
Name : autoconf
Arch : noarch
Version : 2.63
Release : 5.1.el6
Size : 2.5 M
Repo : installed
From repo : base
Summary : A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code
URL :
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
License : GPLv3+ and GFDL
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.
