How To Install m4 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install m4.
Install m4 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install m4 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install m4
Install m4 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 m4 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install m4
How To Uninstall m4 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the m4 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove m4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install m4 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.