Re: Help compiling source package (autoconf) - AM_SANITY_CHECK not found
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 15:44 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> I am trying to compile ImageMagick from source (trying to cross compile it
> actually with mingw, but I have the same problem with native compilation).
> Configure runs file, but that when I try to do make I get the error:
>
> configuring ImageMagick 6.3.3
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> ./configure: line 2120: AM_SANITY_CHECK: command not found
> ./configure: line 2122: syntax error near unexpected token `$PACKAGE_NAME,${PACKAGE_VERSION}${PACKAGE_VERSION_ADDENDUM},http://www.imagemagick.org'
> ./configure: line 2122: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE_NAME,${PACKAGE_VERSION}${PACKAGE_VERSION_ADDENDUM},http://www.imagemagick.org)'
>
> I found some reference to m4_pattern_allow but nothing on how to use it and
> couldn't find anything about this on google.
>
> Any ideas on what I'm missing (tried to look at the aptitude package list but
> nothing seemed relevant).
You might want to check for a different version of autoconf, automake
etc...
You might not have automake installed or maybe one that doesn't have:
usr/share/aclocal-1.10/sanity.m4
in it.
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