Thank you, Bob. That clarifies the build procedure for me. -- Howard Larson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [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
