Nevermind. I got it working. Thank you.
On 6/26/07 3:02 PM, "Chris Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a noob, be gentle. > > I'm trying to compile a program, and it's puking needing aclocal, which I > cannot find anywhere on my system. > > So... I download automake, which everyone says "contains aclocal". But it > doesn't?? Maybe I need to compile it. So I try to compile it. But it > needs autoconf. > > So... I download an build autoconf, all is good. > > When I go to build automake I get: > > # ./configure > checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... //bin/mkdir -p > checking for gawk... gawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl > checking for tex... no > checking whether autoconf is installed... yes > checking whether autoconf works... yes > checking whether autoconf is recent enough... yes > checking whether ln works... yes > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... //bin/grep > checking for egrep... //bin/grep -E > checking for fgrep... //bin/grep -F > configure: creating ./config.status > config.status: creating Makefile > config.status: creating doc/Makefile > config.status: creating lib/Automake/Makefile > config.status: creating lib/Automake/tests/Makefile > config.status: creating lib/Makefile > config.status: creating lib/am/Makefile > config.status: creating m4/Makefile > config.status: creating tests/Makefile > config.status: creating tests/defs > config.status: creating tests/aclocal-1.10 > config.status: creating tests/automake-1.10 > # make > cd . && perllibdir=/usr/local/automake-1.10"/lib:./lib" > /usr/local/automake-1.10/aclocal --acdir=m4 -I m4 > /bin/sh: /usr/local/automake-1.10/aclocal: No such file or directory > make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 127 > # > > It seems I have a chicken/egg problem. Clearly I'm missing something. Any > help? > > Chris > > > >
