Hello I am learning the GNU build system and need some help. I constructed an simple program but not sure if there is something wrong. $automake gives this error configure.ac:7: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found questions: --why the error above and how to fix? --do I need to include the following in every scource file in the tree? #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include <config.h> #endif I use the run file to save typing, any problem with using it with ever project I create? many thanks :~/Hello_world$ tree. ============= |-- Makefile.am |-- configure.ac |-- run `-- src ***|-- Makefile.am ***|-- hello.cpp ***`-- prnt *****|-- Makefile.am *****|-- print.cpp *****`-- print.h Hello_world/Makefile.am =============== SUBDIRS = src Hello_world/configure.ac =============== AC_INIT(src/hello.cpp) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello,0.1) AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h) AC_PROG_CC AC_PROG_CXX AC_PROG_INSTALL AC_PROG_LIBTOOL AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile src/prnt/Makefile) src/Makefile.am ========== bin_PROGRAMS = hello hello_SOURCES = print.h print.cpp hello.cpp SUBDIRS = prnt LDADD = prnt/libprnt.a prnt/Makefile.am =========== noinst_LIBRARIES = libprnt.a libprnt_a_SOURCES = print.h print.cpp INCLUDES = -I@top_srcdir@/ src/hello.cpp ======== #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include <config.h> #endif #include "print.h" #include <iostream> int main(){ print( "I am ok for now" ); return 0; } prnt/print.h ======= #ifndef PRINT_H #define PRINT_H #include <string> void print(std::string); #endif prnt/print.cpp ========= #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include <config.h> #endif #include "prnt/print.h" #include <iostream> #include <string> void print(std::string s){ std::cout << s << std::endl; } Hello_world/run ========== #!/bin/bash echo *************************autoheader autoheader echo ***************************touching touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog stamp-h echo ****************************aclocal aclocal echo ***************************autoconf autoconf echo ***************************automake automake -a echo *************************configuring ./configure echo ******************************making make _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf