How To Install automake1.11 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install automake1.11 on Ubuntu 22.04. automake1.11 is Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install automake1.11 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is automake1.11

automake1.11 is:

Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in's from files called Makefile.am'.

The goal of Automake is to remove the burden of Makefile maintenance from the back of the individual GNU maintainer (and put it on the back of the Automake maintainer).

The Makefile.am' is basically a series of make’ macro definitions (with rules being thrown in occasionally). The generated `Makefile.in’s are compliant with the GNU Makefile standards.

Automake 1.11 is the legacy version of automake. The automake package should be preferred and this package should only be used with older software that doesn’t support newer versions of automake.

There are three methods to install automake1.11 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install automake1.11 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install automake1.11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install automake1.11

Install automake1.11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install automake1.11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install automake1.11

Install automake1.11 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install automake1.11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install automake1.11

How To Uninstall automake1.11 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the automake1.11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove automake1.11

Uninstall automake1.11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall automake1.11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove automake1.11

Remove automake1.11 Configurations and Data

To remove automake1.11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge automake1.11

Remove automake1.11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove automake1.11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge automake1.11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install automake1.11 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.