Autotools is a series of tools that first confirm that your Ubuntu system has the following tools installed (can be viewed through the which command):
Aclocal
AutoScan
Autoconf
Autoheader
Automake
Installation method:
root@ubuntu:~# sudo apt-get install autoconf
Shown below:
Reading Package List ... Complete
Analyzing Dependency tree for Package
Reading status information ... Complete
E: Unable to find package AutoScan
The following additional packages will be installed:
Automake Autotools-dev M4
Recommended Packages to install:
autoconf2.13 autobook autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc libtool
GetText
The following "new" packages will be installed:
autoconf Automake Autotools-dev M4
A total of 0 packages were upgraded, 4 new packages were installed, 0 packages were uninstalled, 28 software was not upgraded.
Need to download 1315kB package.
After decompression, it consumes 4366kB of extra space.
Do you want to continue. [y/n]
Enter Y, install
It is best to install it together with the recommended packages, otherwise the Autotools tool may be used with errors.
root@ubuntu:~# sudo apt-get install autotools-dev M4 autoconf2.13 autobook autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc li Btool