On 02/15/2015 11:03 AM, khalidhussain4...@gmail.com wrote: > I need to install the m4 gnu package because I am planning to install > autoconf. However, I have no idea how to install it. I did read the > instructions, but I don't know where to compile the package. Do I compile it > in vim? Do I compile it in a C++ environment? I am confused.
Like most GNU projects, you merely unpack the tarball, change directory into the just-unpacked sources, run './configure', run 'make', then as a superuser run 'make install'. > > By the way, I am using Windows 8.1, if that’s of any help. Oh. You're on a system that probably doesn't include many POSIX tools by default. In that case, I instead recommend that you download a pre-built version of m4 for your platform. I recommend going to cygwin.com and using the software there; that includes a pre-built version of both 'm4' and 'autoconf', along with other tools you will need to be able to compile software while in Windows. No need to go through the pain of bootstrapping your system when you can already get things ready to use. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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