[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This package is distributed as a tar.gz with no source files; only > binaries.
Automake is written in Perl which are simply text files. The source and the executables are both the same. But if you are wishing to modify automake then working from the version control sources is best. The documentation for this is on the automake home page. http://sources.redhat.com/automake/ What distribution package are you trying to install? > So, what is the install procedure? Where should they be put when > unpacking? Here is one way to build and install automake into /usr/local/bin/. wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-1.10.1.tar.gz tar xzvf automake-1.10.1.tar.gz cd automake-1.10.1 ./configure make make check make install If your autoconf isn't new enough then before doing the configure above install a new autoconf. wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.62.tar.gz tar xzvf autoconf-2.62.tar.gz cd autoconf-2.62 ./configure make make check make install Hope that helps, Bob
