Re: configuring emacs: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: command not found

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 20.06.2011 um 23:53 schrieb Samuel Wales:

> > Update (bzr pull -v) and try again!
>
> Is it OK to use the git version?

I don't know! In my assumption the GIT repository is a bit unofficial...

> Ran ./configure
>
> Same error.

In which tool are you running git and configure? Emacs? In compilation- 
mode? Is PATH set correctly that the up-to-date tools are found? (In a  
shell 'echo $PATH ; which autoconf automake' will work, in a  
*compilation* buffer the same as compile command works as well.)

> Of course all this last stuff is me not knowing what I am doing with
> these tools, not me saying they should work.


I am also kind of a newbie with these tools. OTOH, I am pretty sure  
that one does not need to know how these tools work and how and why  
they get invoked. Usually the configure script and make/Makefile know  
exactly what they need to do. My assumption is that two things can be  
wrong: your environment (PATH value, tools, their versions) or the  
source. The latter gets healed automatically... Waiting one or two  
(more) days should help. (Otherwise you could send an eMail to the  
address given when you select 'Send Bug Report…' from the Help menu.)

--
Greetings

  Pete

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