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<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>GNU Autoconf
+ (<link xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/"/>)
+ and the autoconf-archive macro collection
+ (<link xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/"/>).
+ These are only needed to run the bootstrap script, and are not necessary
+ if your source distribution came with a pre-built
+ <literal>./configure</literal> script.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>GNU Make.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bash Shell. The <literal>./configure</literal> script