How To Install m4 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 in Fedora 36. m4 is GNU macro processor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 on Fedora 36.

What is `m4`

A GNU implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. M4 is useful for writing text files which can be logically parsed, and is used by many programs as part of their build process. M4 has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. The autoconf program needs m4 for generating configure scripts, but not for running configure scripts. Install m4 if you need a macro processor.

We can use yum or dnf to install m4 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install m4.

Install m4 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 m4 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install m4

Install m4 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 m4 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install m4

How To Uninstall m4 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the m4 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove m4

m4 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/m4
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/03ec7a608f9cab0362ee1828eac50904e494a3
/usr/share/doc/m4
/usr/share/doc/m4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/m4/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/m4/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/m4/README
/usr/share/doc/m4/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/m4/TODO
/usr/share/info/m4.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/m4.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/m4.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/m4
/usr/share/licenses/m4/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/m4.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/m4.1.gz

References

m4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).