autoconf: configure Invocation
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1 16.10 `configure' Invocation
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1 `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
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1 `--help'
1 `-h'
1 Print a summary of all of the options to `configure', and exit.
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1 `--help=short'
1 `--help=recursive'
1 Print a summary of the options unique to this package's
1 `configure', and exit. The `short' variant lists options used
1 only in the top level, while the `recursive' variant lists options
1 also present in any nested packages.
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1 `--version'
1 `-V'
1 Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
1 script, and exit.
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1 `--cache-file=FILE'
1 Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
1 traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
1 disable caching.
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1 `--config-cache'
1 `-C'
1 Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
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1 `--quiet'
1 `--silent'
1 `-q'
1 Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
1 suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
1 messages will still be shown).
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1 `--srcdir=DIR'
1 Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
1 `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
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1 `--prefix=DIR'
1 Use DIR as the installation prefix. ⇒Installation Names
1 for more details, including other options available for fine-tuning
1 the installation locations.
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1 `--no-create'
1 `-n'
1 Run the configure checks, but stop before creating any output
1 files.
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1 `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
1 `configure --help' for more details.
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