Re: ltmain.sh help please

[Gary V . Vaughan]

Does the ltmain.sh link in your projecxt directory point to a missing or 
zero-length file?

Cheers,
        Gary.

On Tuesday 10 July 2001  9:27 am, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> I'm trying to install a program that relies on libtool and ltdl.  It's
> not going very well.
>
> I'm using these libs:
>
> libltdl-1.4-2.i586.rpm*
> libtool-1.4/
>
> The problem I keep running into is ltmain.sh is not found. Even though I
> have run libtoolize -f . Here is the output I get after.
> ------
>  libtoolize -f
> Remember to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' to `configure.in'.
> You should add the contents of `/usr/local/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
> `aclocal.m4'.
> ------
>
> I have added `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' to `configure.in' (I don't know if it is
> in the correct place though). Adding the whole libtool.m4 to aclocal.m4
> doesn't seem right from my limited experience.
>
> Here's what I do after the above. I have to run sh autogen.sh as it is
> in the README for the program I am installing.
>
>
> ------
> I ls
> CVS/          config.guess@  ltmain.sh@
> Makefile      config.sub@    midi/
> Makefile.am   configure.in   midi++/
> ardour/       gtkmmext/      pbd/
> audioengine/  guileconfig/   quasimodo/
> audiohw/      languages/     soundfile/
> autogen.sh    ltdl/
> address@hidden libs]# export PATH=/usr/local/bin/
>
> :/bin/:/usr/bin/:/usr/X11R6/bin/
>
> address@hidden libs]# sh autogen.sh
> Building autoconf files for . ...
> automake: configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
> automake: configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs'
> automake: configure.in: installing `./missing'
> Building autoconf files for pbd ...
> automake: configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
> automake: configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs'
> automake: configure.in: installing `./missing'
> configure.in: 100: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
> .
> .
> .
> ---------
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Also please cc me as I am not subscribed.

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