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Line 22: ==Generating <code>configure</code>== Software developers simplify the challenge of [[cross-platform]] software development by using GNU's [[Autotools]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ \|title=Autoconf - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) \|publisher=GNU Operating System \|accessdate=20 November 2010}}</ref> These scripts query the system on which they run for: environment settings, platform architecture, and the existence and ___location of required build and runtime dependencies. They store the gathered information in <code>configure.ac</code> or (the now deprecated) <code>configure.in</code> to be read by <code>configure</code> during the installation phase. == Dependency checking ==

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