Configure script

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configure scripts are the output of the Autotools suite of build management tools. Many popular pieces of Free Software and Proprietary Software use configure scripts during their system detection and Makefile generation phase.

Flow diagram of configure, autoconf and automake, three tools in the GNU build system

(these are difficult to cite due to the nature of Proprietary Software)