Re: [Pan-users] Compiling CVS

[kevlinux]

I had this happen to me a while back too.  It's basically the way the
autogen.sh is setup to look for automake.

In /opt/gnome/share/aclocal/gnome2-macros/autogen.sh, look for
something like this (fixed version below):

case $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION in
    1.4*) automake_progs="automake-1.4 automake-1.5 automake-1.6
automake-1.7 automake-1.9" ;;
    1.5*) automake_progs="automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.5
automake-1.9" ;;
    1.6*) automake_progs="automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.9" ;;
    1.7*) automake_progs="automake-1.7 automake-1.9" ;;

in the broken ones, the 1.4* entry doesn't look for later versions
like 1.6, 1.7, etc.  Just add it as above, then try again.

HTH,

Kevin

On 6/6/05, Jim Henderson <address@hidden> wrote:
> SuSE 9.2 Pro in use here (per last e-mail message) - when I run autogen.sh, I 
> get the following messages:
> 
> --- snip ---
> 
> $ ./autogen.sh
> /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-autogen.sh
> checking for autoconf >= 2.53...
>   testing autoconf2.50... not found.
>   testing autoconf... found 2.59
> checking for automake >= 1.4...
>   testing automake-1.4... not found.
> ***Error***: You must have automake >= 1.4 installed
>   to build Pan.  Download the appropriate package for
>   from your distribution or get the source tarball at
>     http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-1.4.tar.gz
> 
> checking for glib-gettext >= 2.2.0...
>   testing glib-gettextize... found 2.4.6
> checking for intltool >= 0.25...
>   testing intltoolize... found 0.31
> checking for pkg-config >= 0.14.0...
>   testing pkg-config... found 0.15.0
> /opt/gnome/share/aclocal/gnome2-macros/autogen.sh: line 142: --print-ac-dir: 
> command not found
> Checking for required M4 macros...
>   intltool.m4 not found
>   pkg.m4 not found
> Checking for forbidden M4 macros...
> ***Error***: some autoconf macros required to build Pan
>   were not found in your aclocal path, or some forbidden
>   macros were found.  Perhaps you need to adjust your
>   ACLOCAL_PATH?
> 
> --- snip ---
> 
> Installed version of automake is 1.9, which is >= 1.4, so I'm not sure why I 
> get that message.
> 
> If I set ACLOCAL_PATH to /usr/share/aclocal/ (which is where intltool.m4 and 
> pkg.m4 are located), I get the same message.
> 
> For the error message indicating:
> 
> /opt/gnome/share/aclocal/gnome2-macros/autogen.sh: line 142: --print-ac-dir: 
> command not found
> 
> I looked at the line in question in that script, and it contains:
> 
>     cm_macrodirs="`$ACLOCAL --print-ac-dir`"
> 
> So I have to assume $ACLOCAL isn't set, but I can't figure out why it isn't 
> set.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
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