Re: How to set up autoconf on Ubuntu 20.04

[dave]

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your reply... I tried 'apt-get install autoconf 
autoconf-doc' but, sadly for me,  the apt package autoconf is "Autoconf 
is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts to 
automatically configure software source code packages."

Actually, me, I'm looking to set up autoconfig for my mail domains.

As far as I know, getting autoconfig working for a mail domain involves 
setting up a virtual host pointing towards a particular directory and 
then providing an XML file with mail server info.

But I don't know any details about it. Anyway, eventually, I found 
something to help me move forwards at:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210530181023/https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration

For autodiscover (the equivalent for MS Outlook and Exchange), I found:

https://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/autodiscoverconfiguration.htm#xmlredirect

Again, thank you for your kind reply. :)

With all best wishes,

Dave

On 2022-07-11 18:25, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 7/10/22 23:13, dave@collaboration.cafe wrote:
>
> > Is anyone able to point me at documentation or a how-to about how to 
> > set up autoconf on Ubuntu 20.04, please?
>
> If you mean "install autoconf", then the shell command "sudo apt-get
> install autoconf" should do it. You might want to install the
> autoconf-doc package too.