# Autoconf build system

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/autoconf-build-system/2103>\
**Category:** dev\
**Created:** [July 18, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/autoconf-build-system/2103 "2022-07-18T06:20:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@russell](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/russell)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/autoconf-build-system/2103/1 "2022-07-18T06:20:56Z")

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Cmake commands seem like a hard way to build.  
I could add autoconf so one would just have to type “./configure && make”  
I can only test on a debian linux system.

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**Author:** ![mmozeiko](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/mmozeiko/32/29_2.png) [@mmozeiko](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/mmozeiko)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/autoconf-build-system/2103/2 "2022-07-18T07:46:04Z")

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Using cmake is pretty much the same. You just need to type `cmake . && make` to build glfw.