Am Fre, 2002-12-20 um 10.32 schrieb Markus Werle: > Hi folks! > > I wanted to compile automake-1.7 on a linux-i686 box (kernel 2.4.19) > What goes wrong here? > > # whereis autoconf > autoconf: /opt/autoconf-2.57/bin/autoconf > # ./configure --prefix=/opt/automake-1.7 && make && make install > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for gawk... gawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl > checking for tex... no > configure: error: Autoconf 2.54 or better is required You must have autoconf >= 2.54 in $PATH. i.e. `which autoconf` is supposed to point to the autoconf you want to use with automake.
Furthermore, I'd recommend to install autoconf + automake to the same installation prefix. Ralf
