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GNU Autotools
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Setting up autotools
autoreconf can be used on initial setup, or after the autotools installation has been modified. Use -f to force refreshings, and -i to install missing files; autoreconf -fi is thus a useful recipe for source trees (distributing anything but autotools inputs, including configure scripts, makes assumptions regarding the host autotools installation).