Operation Controls

configure recognizes the following options to control how it operates.

--cache-file=file: Use and save the results of the tests in file instead of ./config.cache. Set file to /dev/null to disable caching, for debugging configure.
--help: Print a summary of the options to configure, and exit.
--quiet
--silent
-q: Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.
--srcdir=dir: Look for the Bash source code in directory dir. Usually configure can determine that directory automatically.
--version: Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the configure script, and exit.

configure also accepts some other, not widely used, boilerplate options. ‘configure --help’ prints the complete list.