Re: [Info-stow] [Stow-devel] GNU Stow 2.2.2 released

[Erik Falor]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 09:41:27AM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> I tried git clone, installation instructions are not clear. I did
> autoconf, automake --add-missing, did not work smoothly. I wish to
> know what are improvements, I wanted to make diff on the file, but
> went into errors.
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/package/tools/stow/
> configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in automake 
> "."/automake
> 
> 
> automake
> configure.ac:9: error: version mismatch.  This is Automake 1.15,
> configure.ac:9: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
> configure.ac:9: comes from Automake 1.13.4.  You should recreate
> configure.ac:9: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.

Hi Jean,

It seems that this error message held the critical clue. I had re-created your
exact situation by following your instructions on my system. By beginning with
aclocal I was able to proceed to a successful installation.

The exact steps I took were:

  aclocal
  automake --add-missing
  autoconf
  ./configure --prefix=...
  make install

Try that and see if it works for you, too.

-- 
Erik Falor
Registered Linux User #445632                    http://unnovative.net

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