Hello Abhinav, On 8/1/2009 9:04 AM, Abhinav Singh wrote:
Hi, This is my first time with autotools and I tried following: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/automake/Creating-amhello.html#Creating-amhello to get started. However when I issue the: *$bash: autoreconf --install* I get the following error: configure.ac: 4: `automake requires `AM_CONFIG_HEADER', not `AC_CONFIG_HEADER'
Use AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, not AC_CONFIG_HEADER.
automake: Makefile.am: required file `./NEWS' not found automake: Makefile.am: required file `./AUTHORS' not found automake: Makefile.am: required file `./ChangeLog' not found
Either create empty NEWS, AUTHORS, and ChangeLog files, or else add the 'foreign' option to AM_INIT, e.g., AM_INIT([foreign]). The Autotools were originally designed for GNU projects, and all GNU projects require these text files to exist in the top-level project directory. However, if you give the 'foreign' option to AM_INIT, then Automake will be less picky about things like this.
configure.ac: 4: required file `./[config.h].in' not found
This problem will go away when you fix the AC_CONFIG_HEADERS problem.
Makefile.am:2: invalid variable `dist_doc_DATA'
Look carefully at your top-level Makefile.am file - make sure nothing is misspelled or out of place according to the examples provided in the link.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 is this a OS specific problem? Can someone help me with this?
Not OS specific - just Autotools. Just as with many software tools, as you become more familiar with them, you will begin to understand the nature of these problems.
Good Luck! John _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
