Thank you. I did that, I could build it, and not install it. It requires texi2html which it does not check during configure. And I have it not, it is not part of texinfo distribution that I know.
make install [ -d doc ] || mkdir doc # required in vpath mode rm -f doc/manual-single.html texi2html --P=. --output=doc/manual-single.html -expandinfo -menu -monolithic -verbose doc/stow.texi make: texi2html: Command not found make: *** [Makefile:1551: doc/manual-single.html] Error 127 On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 07:39:58PM -0700, Erik Falor wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 09:41:27AM +0300, Jean Louis wrote: > > I tried git clone, installation instructions are not clear. I did > > autoconf, automake --add-missing, did not work smoothly. I wish to > > know what are improvements, I wanted to make diff on the file, but > > went into errors. > > > > ./configure --prefix=/package/tools/stow/ > > configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in automake > > "."/automake > > > > > > automake > > configure.ac:9: error: version mismatch. This is Automake 1.15, > > configure.ac:9: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE > > configure.ac:9: comes from Automake 1.13.4. You should recreate > > configure.ac:9: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again. > > Hi Jean, > > It seems that this error message held the critical clue. I had re-created your > exact situation by following your instructions on my system. By beginning with > aclocal I was able to proceed to a successful installation. > > The exact steps I took were: > > aclocal > automake --add-missing > autoconf > ./configure --prefix=... > make install > > Try that and see if it works for you, too. > > -- > Erik Falor > Registered Linux User #445632 http://unnovative.net _______________________________________________ Info-stow mailing list Info-stow@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-stow