LeRoy Cressy on Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:28:35 -0500 |
the debian package is m4. You might already have it on your system dpkg --info m4_1.4-10.deb new debian package, version 2.0. size 104588 bytes: control archive= 1950 bytes. 604 bytes, 15 lines control 2651 bytes, 43 lines md5sums 145 bytes, 4 lines * postinst #!/bin/sh 65 bytes, 3 lines * prerm #!/bin/sh Package: m4 Version: 1.4-10 Section: interpreters Priority: standard Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6 Installed-Size: 198 Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es> Description: a macro processing language GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). `m4' also has builtin functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU `m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them. basic wrote: > > dear people: > i am working on a program that is supposed to run on windows and mac > environment. > i found that m4 is an excellent tool to use. it supposedly is available > on the windows and msdos environment. ( mentioned in linux journal 1998) > the only spot that google found was vmware. they bundle it with a lot > of packages, and it looks expensive. > any ideas of where else to look? > sandy basickes > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug -- Rev. LeRoy D. Cressy mailto:ldc@netaxs.com /\_/\ http://www.netaxs.com/~ldc ( o.o ) Phone: 215-535-4037 > ^ < Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug
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