How To Install automake on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install automake on CentOS 7.
What is automake
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in’ files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. You should install Automake if you are developing software and would like to use its ability to automatically generate GNU standard Makefiles.
We can use yum or dnf to install automake on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install automake.
Install automake on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install automake using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install automake
Install automake 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 automake using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install automake
How To Uninstall automake on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the automake package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove automake
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install automake on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
