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<sect1 id="ch06-autoconf">
<title>Installing Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html" dir="chapter06"?>

<screen>Estimated build time:           &autoconf-time;
Estimated required disk space:  &autoconf-compsize;</screen>

&aa-autoconf-shortdesc;
&aa-autoconf-dep;

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Autoconf</title>

<para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the 
following command will do so:</para>

<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>

<para>And install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

</sect1>