# Install mk-configure with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper Lightweight replacement for GNU autotools. Version 0.40.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mk-configure. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mk-configure ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mk-configure ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mk-configure ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/mk-configure/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add mk-configure ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mk-configure from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mk-configure ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mk-configure from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mk-configure ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mk-configure from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S mk-configure ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mk-configure from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mk-configure ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mk-configure from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mk-configure - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.40.0 - **Source summary:** Lightweight replacement for GNU autotools - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - mkc_check_compiler (alias) - mkc_check_custom (alias) - mkc_check_decl (alias) - mkc_check_funclib (alias) - mkc_check_header (alias) - mkc_check_prog (alias) - mkc_check_sizeof (alias) - mkc_check_version (alias) - mkc_compiler_settings (alias) - mkc_install (alias) - mkc_which (alias) - mkcmake (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.40.0 ## Project history and usage mk-configure is Aleksey Cheusov's bmake-centered build system, presented in the late-2000s Unix tooling world as a lighter replacement for the Autotools workflow. Its design rejects generated configure and Makefile blobs: projects use bmake include files, POSIX shell, awk, and small helper programs, with mkcmake serving as the top-level command. ### Project history Technically, mk-configure combines ordinary build rules with autoconf-like probes. The mkc.configure.mk layer and standalone mkc_check_* tools check headers, declarations, functions, libraries, sizeof values, compilers, and custom conditions. The upstream README emphasizes C, C++, Objective-C, libraries, scripts, documentation, DESTDIR installs, uninstall targets, dependency analysis, and regression-test hooks. ### How it is used Its package-manager niche is Unix and BSD-adjacent software that wants configure-style portability without the GNU Autotools stack or a larger meta-build system such as CMake. The upstream project lists binary packages for pkgsrc, FreeBSD ports, Debian and Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE, Fedora, and other distributions, which fits a tool aimed at source builds and packagers rather than application end users. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mk-configure - 0.37.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mk-configure from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight replacement for GNU autotools | https://sourceforge.net/projects/mk-configure/ - Ubuntu apt - mk-configure - 0.37.0-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mk-configure from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight replacement for GNU autotools | https://sourceforge.net/projects/mk-configure/ - apk - mk-configure - 0.40.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mk-configure from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight replacement for autotools | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure - apk - mk-configure-dev - 0.40.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mk-configure-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight replacement for autotools (development files) | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure - apk - mk-configure-doc - 0.40.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mk-configure-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight replacement for autotools (documentation) | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure - dnf - mk-configure - 0.38.3-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mk-configure from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A build system on top of bmake | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure/ - dnf - mk-configure-doc - 0.38.3-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mk-configure-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | The mk-configure documentation | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure/ - pacman - mk-configure - 0.40.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mk-configure from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Lightweight replacement for GNU autotools | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure - zypper - mk-configure - 0.40.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mk-configure from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A build system on top of bmake | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure/ - zypper - mk-configure-doc - 0.40.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mk-configure-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Mk-configure documentation | https://github.com/cheusov/mk-configure/ - MacPorts - mk-configure: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/mk-configure/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mk-configure.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mk-configure.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph