How to Install and Uninstall autoconf Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "autoconf" package

This tutorial shows how to install autoconf on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                autoconf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "autoconf" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall autoconf on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autoconf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autoconf package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: autoconf
Architecture: all
Version: 2.69-14
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1838
Depends: perl (>> 5.005), m4 (>= 1.4.13), debianutils (>= 1.8)
Recommends: automake | automaken
Suggests: autoconf-archive, gnu-standards, autoconf-doc, libtool, gettext
Breaks: gettext (<< 0.10.39), pkg-config (<< 0.25-1.1)
Filename: pool/main/a/autoconf/autoconf_2.69-14_all.deb
Size: 292896
MD5sum: c2d67e65d1354f4f969b818eac51196f
SHA1: 5587c35b169a28c331c9a0901772328709e05954
SHA256: bbb457690cbe801e953a435b615bcbf654583bf850a505b456ac32d7d0e37c75
SHA512: 8301610b385d5a696678617427610fd53d05dabaa09421b371e937e80e5e0eb5f6f98e3e450c535702d1b62087b4d30d6f81d858436f47d4b601f3a97efbeb35
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Description-en: automatic configure script builder
The standard for FSF source packages. This is only useful if you
write your own programs or if you extensively modify other people's
programs.
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For an extensive library of additional Autoconf macros, install the
`autoconf-archive' package.
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This version of autoconf is not compatible with scripts meant for
Autoconf 2.13 or earlier.
Description-md5: 4336cf24a71f6337447f744a61a67166