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

[Graham Reitz]

Perfect.  Thanks for the help and fast response!   I have two good solutions to 
work from.

Kindly,
Graham

On May 23, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Daniel Herring wrote:

> 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
>