upgrading autoconf

fobius · 02-13-2004, 08:51 PM

i'm upgrading to autoconf 2.59 but i'm wondering how do I remove the existing autoconf? how would I get autoconf 2.59 to be recognized?

thanks

quatsch · 02-13-2004, 09:28 PM

I just went ahead and overwrote the old one - worked for me. If you are compiling from sources use
./configure --prefix=/usr
and then make && make install

If your using an rpm install, there should not be much of a problem but if you want to be sure, you can use mandrake's software removal tool to uninstall autoconf first.

fobius · 02-13-2004, 09:47 PM

is there any specific reason to put put it into /usr?

quatsch · 02-14-2004, 09:50 AM

If you don't use prefix=/, you will have both versions installed (unless you remove the old thing). In general, Mandrake seems to compile a lot of things with prefix=/.

fobius · 02-14-2004, 01:55 PM

do u mean / or /usr?

quatsch · 02-14-2004, 02:16 PM

Sorry. I mean prefix=/usr. The binary goes into
{prefix}/bin so if you use prefix=/usr, it goes into /usr/bin. If you use prefix=/, it goes into /bin; if you use prefix=/usr/local, it goes into /usr/lcoal/bin.

Just to be sure do
whereis autoconf
if the result is
/usr/bin
then use prefix=/usr.

fobius · 02-15-2004, 02:22 PM

thanks for the help quatsch. I removed the old autoconf rpm then installed the new one w/no problems.