How To Install autoconf213 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf213 on CentOS 7.
What is autoconf213
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 you would like to use it to create shell scripts that will 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 autoconf213 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autoconf213.
Install autoconf213 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install autoconf213 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install autoconf213
Install autoconf213 on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install autoconf213 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install autoconf213
How To Uninstall autoconf213 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the autoconf213 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove autoconf213
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf213 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.