On [Unix]-like systems, '''`./configure`''' is traditionally the script that is
executed prior to executing [make] and '''make install'''.  Often, but not
always, this file is a [sh] shell script generated by [autoconf].

Code obtained from a [SCM%|%source code repository] sometimes doesn't contain
the `configure` file.  If a `configure.in` file exits, use [autoconf] to
generate a `configure` file from it.  This process may require [m4],
[http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/%|%libtool], or other addtional tools.


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