You shouldn't deviate from the book in that area. The necessary components were probably installed correctly. The scripts in a build dir are only used for building that specific program. Warning: Do not install them anywhere.
automake, autoconf, and m4 are essential parts of the gnu build system. configure.ac, configure.in, and other scripts are used by these tools at build time to make a configure script, a subsequent makefile, and ultimately the program binaries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_build_system Marty B. -- Electile Dysfunction : the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party in the 2008 election.
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