You are not the only one: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8990287
It may be a bug but I would first verify that the following packages are installed: bzip2 build-essential checkinstall This stikes me as being a problem with the call to bzip2 (maybe there are missing python dependencies I can probably help you more if you run ./configure in your build folder and post the output (there is probably an error message detailing missing dependancies) Best, Seth Herr Tel: +1.212.289.9535 Mobile: +1.917.734.0163 [email protected] On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Niles Collins <[email protected]>wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > I am trying to compile fwbackups using the source code from their website > and I have run into a make error that has me stumped. I have successfully > compiled a previous version of the software but I have very little > experience with compile software and don't understand the error message > presented. > > A little background. I am downloading is from: > http://www.diffingo.com/oss/fwbackups > > The commands I have used to successfully compile it are: > > apt-get install intltool gnome-doc-utils python-paramiko python-notify > python-gtk2 > wget http://downloads.diffingo.com/fwbackups/fwbackups-1.43.3rc2.tar.bz2 > > tar xfj fwbackups-1.43.3rc2.tar.bz2 > cd fwbackups-1.43.3rc2 > ./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share > make && sudo make install > > > I am getting the error message: > > /bin/bash ./config.status --recheck > running CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure --prefix=/usr > --datadir=/usr/share --no-create --no-recursion > ./configure: line 1637: syntax error near unexpected token `dist-bzip2' > > ./configure: line 1637: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip)' > make: *** [config.status] Error 2 > > > I am doing this on a different machine and feel that i am missing some > packages but I installed the same packages I installed on the first computer > and I cannot deciper what the error means. I decided to run make and then > sudo make install as separate commands. I get this error when I run sudo > make install. Any suggestions will be nice. it is not urgent since I am at > work and away from the computer. > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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