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Configure script

When installing a package on a Unix or Unix-like environment, a configure script is a shell script that generates build configuration files for a codebase to facilitate cross-platform support. It generates files tailoring for the host system – the environment on which the codebase is built and run.

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RnLarry WallAutoconf
3 related topics

Generating

Cross-platform softwarePkg-configM4
3 related topics

Overview

UnixUnix-likeShell scriptBuildCodebase
11 related topics

Use

Shell
1 related topics

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Configure script

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples9
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Configure script

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related to history · 5
Configure script → Autoconf, It, Larry Wall, Since, The
related to Use · 3
Configure script → After, Autotools, For
is a · 1
Configure script → shell script that generates build configuration files for a codebase to facilitate cross-platform support

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script configure files codebase build host system generates configuration generating environment code shell unix unix-like autotools tools package libraries cross-platform

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Configure scriptis ashell script that generates build configuration files for a codebase to facilitate cross-platform support0.90text
Configure scriptrelated to historyThe0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to historyLarry Wall0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to historyIt0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to historySince0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to historyAutoconf0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to UseAfter0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to UseFor0.60section
Configure scriptrelated to UseAutotools0.60section

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