# 4.8. `configure` command line options

There are many available `configure` command line options; see `./configure --help` for a full list.

Conventions for the command line options and many commonly-used options (but not all of them!) are described in the sections listed below.

- 4.8.1. `configure` CLI option conventions
- 4.8.2. Installation options
- 4.8.3. Networking support / options
- 4.8.4. Run-time system support
- 4.8.5. CLI Options for required support libraries
- 4.8.6. MPI functionality
- 4.8.7. OpenSHMEM functionality
- 4.8.8. Miscellaneous functionality
- 4.8.9. Linker “rpath” and “runpath” functionality