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By vsrini (User), on Wed May 2 15:43:17 2007: Building from git: autoconf error [SOLVED].

I needed a fix from:
http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401

I downloaded the source as per instructions here:
http://repo.or.cz/w/adesklets.git?p=adesklets.git;a=summary

Since there was no "configure" and "Makefile" present, i tried running autoconf with the following error:

Code:

configure.ac:5: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
configure.ac:18: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_LEX
configure.ac:61: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_PYTHON
configure.ac:65: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PYTHON_DEVEL
configure.ac:74: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
configure.ac:98: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_PERL_VERSION
configure.ac:99: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_PERL_MODULES
configure.ac:502: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_GENERIC_MODIFIED
configure.ac:594: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER


I am using autoconf 2.61

Is this an issue with my autoconf version? If not how do I build it.
Please kick me towards the documentation I have not read...

Thanks,

By syfou (Core Developer & Desklet Author), on Wed May 2 15:54:42 2007.

Don't forget aclocal and automake:

Code:


sh$ aclocal ; autoheader; automake ; autoconf

Yours,
________________
Sylvain

P.-S. The only usable source I know on the autotools is the famous "Goat Book" (freely available online); it's more a book for developers than end-users though.

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