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[[FileImage:Terra DevaAutoconf-automake-process.jpgsvg|thumb|400x400px400px|Flow diagram including configure, [[autoconf]] and [[automake]], three tools in the GNU Build System]]

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 byeforebefore [[compiler|compiling]] it from its [[source code]].

As a common practice, all configure scripts are named "configure". Usually, configure scripts are written for the [[Bourne shell]], but they may be written for execution in any desired shell.