autoconf command is used in Linux to generate configuration scripts. Generate a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or from ‘configure.ac’ if present, or ‘configure.in’. The output is sent to the standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, otherwise, it is sent into ‘configure’. To use autoconf we must install the this on the Linux terminal as follows:
sudo apt-get install autoconf
Synopsis:
user/bin/autoconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
Options:
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-h, –help: Display the help message and then exits.
autoconf -h or autoconf --help
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-V, –version: Shows the version number and then exits.
autoconf -V or autoconf --version
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-v, –verbose: Gives the verbosely report processing.
autoconf -v filename or autoconf --verbose filename
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-d, –debug: Makes sure to not remove any files that are temporary.
autoconf -d filename or autoconf --debug filename
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-o, –option: Saves the output in the FILE(stdout is default).
autoconf -o filename or autoconf --option filename
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-w, –warnings: Reports the warnings falling in the categories
autoconf -w category or autoconf --warnings category
The other warning categories are: