Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf on CentOS 8.
What is autoconf
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 would like to create shell scripts that 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 autoconf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install autoconf.
Install autoconf on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install autoconf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install autoconf
Install autoconf on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install autoconf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install autoconf
How To Uninstall autoconf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the autoconf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove autoconf
autoconf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/autoconf
/usr/bin/autoheader
/usr/bin/autom4te
/usr/bin/autoreconf
/usr/bin/autoscan
/usr/bin/autoupdate
/usr/bin/ifnames
/usr/share/autoconf
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/General.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Getopt.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Request.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/XFile.pm
/usr/share/autoconf/INSTALL
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoheader.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoscan.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autotest.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoupdate.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/c.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/erlang.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/fortran.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/functions.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/general.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/go.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/headers.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/lang.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/libs.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/oldnames.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/programs.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/specific.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/status.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/types.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autom4te.cfg
/usr/share/autoconf/autoscan
/usr/share/autoconf/autoscan/autoscan.list
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/autotest.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/autotest.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/general.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/autotest/specific.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/foreach.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sh.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sh.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4f
/usr/share/autoconf/m4sugar/version.m4
/usr/share/config.site
/usr/share/doc/autoconf
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/README
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/autoconf/TODO
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autoconf-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autoconf-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autotest-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf/autotest-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/autoconf-init.el
/usr/share/info/autoconf.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf/COPYING.EXCEPTION
/usr/share/licenses/autoconf/COPYINGv3
/usr/share/man/man1/autoconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoheader.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autom4te.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoreconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoscan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/autoupdate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/config.guess.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/config.sub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ifnames.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autoconf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
