How to Install and Uninstall autoconf Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "autoconf" package

Please follow the steps below to install autoconf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall autoconf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: autoconf
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 1861
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ben Pfaff
Architecture: all
Version: 2.69-9
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_2.69-9_all.deb
Size: 320904
MD5sum: ccdfa5ce5fd50ef83f2ed5d13a1b1c7c
SHA1: fd92f4224c1aee8d02d2eec1e05167b34743d174
SHA256: 027ba00547630211adb0c74e250f9f71c2d62db4e56351f7974719c2341c224e
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-sdk-libs-tools, ubuntu-sdk