---
name: "acr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "acr"
version: "2.2.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acr"
---

# acr(1)

autoconf replacement

## NAME

**acr** – autoconf replacement

## SYNOPSIS

**acr** \[**-dDehmnprvwx**\] \[*-o* *file*\] \[*file* \| *args*\]

## DESCRIPTION

ACR tries to replace the autoconf functionality generating a full compatible "configure" script. The main difference is that ACR uses shell script instead of m4, and final generated script looks smaller, faster, easy to read and maintain.

There's a new concept that consists on adding simple rules. And trying to skip all programming and non-portable stuff. That breaks standarization of software packages.

- **-d** **--debug**

  Runs ACR in debug mode. This will show a branch tree for all command calls, allowing the developer to see if the target script is parsed properly.

- **-D** **--dist**

  Scans current project directory, resets to the initial state and creates a distname tarball 'pkgname-version.tar.gz'.

- **-e** **--embed**

  Embeds configure.acr into the final configure script.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show the usage message to the console.

- **-m** **--makefile**

  Creates a sample "Makefile.acr" using configure.acr file.

- **-n** **--do-nothing**

  Do not create the final configure script.

- **-o** **--output** *\[file\]*

  Generate the configure script into a different filename.

- **-p** **--progress-bar**

  Show progress bar.

- **-r**

  Recovery mode. See [acr-cat(1)](/acr-cat/1.md) for more information.

- **-s**

  Strip default code generation, this is flag parsing and system checks.

- **-v** **---version**

  Show version information.

- **-w** **---word** **-\[number\]**

  Cats the 'configure.acr' file and colorizes the desired word number.

- **-x** **--exec**

  Generates and executes the configure.acr directly without creating the "configure" file. You can also pass the cmdline flags like --prefix, etc.

## SEE ALSO

[amr(1)](/amr/1.md) [acr-cat(1)](/acr-cat/1.md) [acr-wrap(1)](/acr-wrap/1.md) [configure.acr(5)](/configure.acr/5.md) [configure.amr(5)](/configure.amr/5.md)

## AUTHOR

pancake \<pancake@nopcode.org\>