Re: automake distribution packages

[hblarson]

Thank you, Bob.  That clarifies the build procedure for me.
--
Howard Larson 
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-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Bob Proulx <address@hidden> 

> address@hidden wrote: 
> > This package is distributed as a tar.gz with no source files; only 
> > binaries. 
> 
> Automake is written in Perl which are simply text files. The source 
> and the executables are both the same. But if you are wishing to 
> modify automake then working from the version control sources is best. 
> The documentation for this is on the automake home page. 
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/automake/ 
> 
> What distribution package are you trying to install? 
> 
> > So, what is the install procedure? Where should they be put when 
> > unpacking? 
> 
> Here is one way to build and install automake into /usr/local/bin/. 
> 
> wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-1.10.1.tar.gz 
> tar xzvf automake-1.10.1.tar.gz 
> cd automake-1.10.1 
> ./configure 
> make 
> make check 
> make install 
> 
> If your autoconf isn't new enough then before doing the configure 
> above install a new autoconf. 
> 
> wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.62.tar.gz 
> tar xzvf autoconf-2.62.tar.gz 
> cd autoconf-2.62 
> ./configure 
> make 
> make check 
> make install 
> 
> Hope that helps, 
> Bob