How To Install autoconf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf in Fedora 36. autoconf is A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf on Fedora 36.

What is `autoconf`

GNU’s 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.

We can use yum or dnf to install autoconf on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autoconf.

Install autoconf on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install autoconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install autoconf

Install autoconf on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install autoconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install autoconf

How To Uninstall autoconf on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the autoconf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove autoconf

autoconf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/autoconf
/usr/bin/autoheader
/usr/bin/autom4te
/usr/bin/autoreconf
/usr/bin/autoscan
/usr/bin/autoupdate
/usr/bin/ifnames
/usr/share/autoconf
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Config.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/General.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Getopt.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Request.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/XFile.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/INSTALL
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoheader.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoscan.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autotest.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoupdate.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/c.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/erlang.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/fortran.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/functions.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/general.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/go.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/headers.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/lang.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/libs.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/oldnames.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/programs.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/specific.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/status.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/trailer.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/types.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autom4te.cfg
/usr/share/autoconf/autoscan
/usr/share/autoconf/autoscan/autoscan.list
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/autotest.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/autotest.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/general.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/specific.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/build-aux
/usr/share/autoconf/build-aux/config.guess
/usr/share/autoconf/build-aux/config.sub
/usr/share/autoconf/build-aux/install-sh
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/foreach.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sh.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sh.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/version.m4
/usr/share/config.site
/usr/share/doc/autoconf
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/README
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/TODO
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autoconf-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autoconf-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autotest-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autotest-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/autoconf-init.el
/usr/share/info/autoconf.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf/COPYING.EXCEPTION
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf/COPYINGv3
/usr/share/man/man1/autoconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoheader.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autom4te.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoreconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoscan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ifnames.1.gz

References

autoconf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).