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configure script
Executable script used when building programs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A configure script is an executable script designed to aid in developing a program to be run on a wide number of different computers. It matches the libraries on the user's computer, with those required by the program before compiling it from its source code.
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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.