Re: [Help-smalltalk] Buildenvironment for a external module?

[Paolo Bonzini]

Robin Redeker wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 08:41:47AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > I'm currently wondering how to best put together a build environment
> > > for an external module.
> > > Is 'gst-package --prepare' supposed to setup such an environment?
> > More precisely, 'gst-package --prepare package.xml'.
> >
> > > Does the generated environment run of it's own or does it have to be
> > > included in the smalltalk build tree?
> > It runs on its own.
>
> Hm, and how do I continue from there? I got a gst.in, configure.ac and
> Makefile.am.
>
> I tried running the autotools as I've found it in a tutorial online, but
> it just wont work:
>
>    f# aclocal
>    aclocal: configure.ac: 7: macro `AM_PATH_GST' not found in library

Have you installed gst properly?  The AM_PATH_GST macro should be in 
/usr/local/share/aclocal (ah, I see now.  Move it to /usr/share/aclocal).

>    f# automake
>    configure.ac: required file `./install-sh' not found
>    configure.ac: required file `./missing' not found

First time, you need "automake --add-missing".

Actually, all three aclocal/autoconf/automake can be replaced by 
"autoreconf -fvi".  This is the incantation you need to remember.

Paolo