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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+type -a autoreconf > /dev/null ||
+{
+        cat <<EOF && exit
+
+You don't seem to have autotools installed, please install it.
+
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
+
+EOF
+}
+
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+  Creating configure script
+
+EOF
+
+
+autoreconf -vif .
+test -f configure || {
+  cat <<EOF
+
+  An error happened and a configure script could not be built!
+
+EOF
+  exit 1
+}
+
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+  Now you can build by doing
+
+  mkdir build
+  cd build
+  ../configure
+  make extern
+  make all
+
+EOF