Hi, The original letter said:: > checking for working aclocal... missing > checking for working autoconf... missing > checking for working automake... missing > checking for working autoheader... missing > checking for working makeinfo... missing
My conclusion on reading that was that the configure process requires the automake/autoconf etc tools. My reasoning was that if the above tools are not required, why check for their presence/absence ? However, Michael has asserted they are not required, so fine. Not required. ============================ On a fedora core 2 test 3 machine I did some work with rpm to get a hint as to what is required. Sure, the version numbers will be different, but the package name will be correct. rpm -q gcc -R (what packages does gcc require ?) /bin/sh /sbin/install-info binutils >= 2.14.90.0.4-4 cpp = 3.3.3-7 glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 libc.so.6 libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) libgcc >= 3.3.3-7 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PartialHardlinkSets) <= 4.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 You can also do it as rpm -q -p ~/libapt-pkg-0.5.15cnc6-49.rhfc1.at.i386.rpm -R to find what is required by a particular rpm. Then, rpm -q libc.so.6\(GLIBC_2.0\) --whatprovides glibc-2.3.3-20 rpm -q glibc-devel -R /bin/sh /sbin/install-info glibc = 2.3.3 glibc-headers glibc-headers = 2.3.3 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 === Dunno about you, but I hear a voice saying, a)use apt-get, yum, synaptic or any other automated dependency checker b)Enough of this thread. c)it is on topic, but no more please....... Derek. ================== On Thu, 20 May 2004, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 16:31, Derek Smithies wrote: > > Hi, > > I think you are also missing the > > automake > > autoconf > > set of packages...... > Actuallyâ you only need automake and autoconf if you are *creating* > configure scrips using the autotools. If you are just *running* > configure scrips all you need is sh. From the presence of sh, the > configure scrip will then deduce all that it needs to know about your > environment. > -- -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when (apparently) receiving a Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me......
