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Quick installation of autotools-dev:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: autotools-dev
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install autotools-dev
Package Details | |
| Package: | autotools-dev |
| Version: | 20120210.1ubuntu1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config/ |
| Description: | Update infrastructure for config.{guess,sub} files This package installs an up-to-date version of config.guess and config.sub, used by the automake and libtool packages. It provides the canonical copy of those files for other packages as well. . It also documents in /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz best practices and guidelines for using autoconf, automake and friends on Debian packages. This is a must-read for any developers packaging software that uses the GNU autotools, or GNU gettext. . Additionally this package provides seamless integration into Debhelper or CDBS, allowing maintainers to easily update config.{guess,sub} files in their packages. Enhances: cdbs, debhelper Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | devel |
How to install autotools-dev on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If autotools-dev is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L autotools-dev' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L autotools-dev Package `autotools-dev' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing autotools-dev:
After system update use the following command to install autotools-dev:
sudo apt-get install autotools-dev
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove autotools-dev from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the autotools-dev from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the autotools-dev following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove autotools-dev
Following command is used to remove the autotools-dev package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove autotools-dev
This will remove autotools-dev and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing autotools-dev with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge autotools-dev
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove autotools-dev
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with autotools-dev package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
