Re: How to use alternative autoconf than what is located in /usr/local/bin (for automake compile)?

[Daniel Herring]

On Mon, 23 May 2011, Daniel Herring wrote:

> FYI, when I install a new version of the autotools, I do something like
>
> # PATH=/new/path/bin:$PATH
> # cd m4; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
> # cd ../autoconf; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
> # cd ../automake; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
> # cd ../libtool; ./configure --prefix=/new/path $OSXOPTS; make; make install

Oh, one other detail.  It is often a good idea to tell the new aclocal 
where to find m4 files installed in the normal locations.  This involves 
creating a dirlist file.

http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/automake/Macro-Search-Path.html


> The proper versions of everything are found because they are first in PATH.
>
> The OSXOPTS for libtool is needed because Apple ships another program named 
> libtool.  GNU libtool is renamed to glibtool (IIRC).  There are a couple ways 
> of effecting this.  IIRC, I use a setting that prefixes the program with a g 
> (something like --program-prefix=g).

Later,
Daniel