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./configure [script]

The configure shell script is produced by Autoconf based on the content of the configure.ac file.

When run, ./configure checks the required functions, libraries and tools. Depending on their availability and characteristics, it produces

--prefix=...

Overwriting the default prefix (which is /usr/local):

./configure --prefix=/path/to/another/directory

A package might be configured to enable or disable specific features:

Disabling feature FEATURE:

./configure --disable-FEATURE
./configure --enable-FEATURE=no

Enabling feature FEATURE:

./configure --enable-FEATURE

./configure -C creates config.cache.

Compare with ./configure