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[[Image:Autoconf-automake-process.svg|thumb|400px|Flow diagram including configure, [[autoconf]] and [[automake]], three tools in the GNU buildBuild systemSystem]]

A '''configure script''' is an executable script designed to aid in developing a [[computer program|program]] to be run on a wide number of different computers. It matches the [[Library (computer science)|libraries]] on the user's computer, with those required by the program, just before [[compiler|compiling]] it from its [[source code]].

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==History==

The first program to come with a configure script was [[rn (newsreader)|rn]] by [[Larry Wall]] in 1984. The script was written by hand and produced a jocular running commentary when executed. It still survives as part of the build system of the '''trn''' program.{{factCitation needed|date=January 2016}}

Since then, an ecosystem of programs has grown up to automate the creation of configure scripts as far as possible, of which the most common is the GNU Autoconf system.

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* [[Autoconf]]

* [[Software build]]

* [[GNU buildBuild systemSystem]]

== References ==