Vivek H <vivek_heba14@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have already installed autoconf-2.10 successfully. when I am trying to install autoconf-2.50 by using sh ./configure I got list of error message on my terminal as below > > :command not found > ./configure: line 16: syntax error near unexpected token 'elif' > ./configure:line16:'elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION->set}" && (set -o posix) >/dev/null 2>&1;then It sounds like your shell is confused, either by this line (line 15): NULLCMD=: or by this one (line 16): elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION+set}" && (set -o posix) >/dev/null 2>&1; then What shell are you using? What operating system are you running it on? What happens when you try to run this command with your shell? NULLCMD=: What happens when you try to run this command? if false; then echo 1 elif true; then echo 2 fi _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf