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Tools

   The GNU configure and build system is comprised of several different
tools.  Program developers must build and install all of these tools.
   People who just want to build programs from distributed sources
normally do not need any special tools beyond a Unix shell, a make
program, and a C compiler.
autoconf
     provides a general portability framework, based on testing the
     features of the host system at build time.
automake
     a system for describing how to build a program, permitting the
     developer to write a simplified `Makefile'.
libtool
     a standardized approach to building shared libraries.
gettext
     provides a framework for translation of text messages into other
     languages; not really discussed in this document.
m4
     autoconf requires the GNU version of m4; the standard Unix m4 does
     not suffice.
perl
     automake requires perl.