[SOLVED]Unable to build anything using yaourt and packer

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 08:50:42

Hello Arch Forums! First time posting here!
I have been having a problem installing packages using yaourt and packer, as it always fails. It gives me an error saying that 'AM_SILENT_RULES' is not found in the library, and it may be possibly undefined. I am pretty sure this error has occurred when i changed the ACLOCAL_FLAGS directory, while trying to install splashy from the AUR repository. I have base_devel installed too, so that shouldn't be a problem.

This is an example of what happens when i try installing something via yaourt.

==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: adapta-gtk-theme 3.21.2.27-1 (Wed Jun  1 14:11:27 IST 2016)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading adapta-gtk-theme-3.21.2.27.tar.gz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   126    0   126    0     0    112      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--   112
100 3698k  100 3698k    0     0   112k      0  0:00:32  0:00:32 --:--:--  108k
  -> Downloading 3.21.2.27-tri-fadeno.jpg...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   141  100   141    0     0    108      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--   108
100 1581k  100 1581k    0     0   108k      0  0:00:14  0:00:14 --:--:--  158k
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    adapta-gtk-theme-3.21.2.27.tar.gz ... Passed
    3.21.2.27-tri-fadeno.jpg ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting adapta-gtk-theme-3.21.2.27.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting build()...
aclocal:configure.ac:11: warning: macro `AM_SILENT_RULES' not found in library
configure.ac:9: warning: The macro `AC_FOREACH' is obsolete.
configure.ac:9: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:194: AC_FOREACH is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:448: _AM_SET_OPTIONS is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:145: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:9: the top level
configure.ac:9: warning: The macro `AC_FOREACH' is obsolete.
configure.ac:9: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:194: AC_FOREACH is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:448: _AM_SET_OPTIONS is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:145: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:9: the top level
configure.ac:11: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_SILENT_RULES
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build adapta-gtk-theme.

Please tell me how to solve this.

Last edited by Fangahawk (2016-06-01 19:39:23)

Docbroke · 2016-06-01 09:09:59

have your tried using makepkg?

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 09:39:25

makepkg does work properly, but i don't want to use that installing packages from AUR, since Yaourt is simple and easy to use.

Docbroke · 2016-06-01 09:46:59

if makepkg works properly, and yaourt doesn't the fault is with yaourt.
Anyway yaourt is not the recommanded tool to use with aur pkgs. I would suggest pacaur, it is as easy as yaourt and more reliable/safe. There is a page on arch-wiki comparing different aur-helpers for more details.

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 10:10:04

Even pacaur is giving the same error as yaourt. There must be a fault in a package that they all use other than makepkg.

Docbroke · 2016-06-01 10:39:39

what did you change in ACLOCAL_FLAGS? pacaur works fine on my system

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 11:18:33

This is the value of it.

[fangahawk@fanga ~]$ echo $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
-I /usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9 -I /usr/share/aclocal -I /usr/share/aclocal-1.15

Docbroke · 2016-06-01 12:17:12

ACLOCAL_FLAGAS is undefined on my system, which is default behaviour as I have never changed it.
The error you get during compling are seen in configure.ac which is scanned by aclocal.
I think you need to revert back the changes by removing your defined ACLOCAL_FLAGS dirs

mis · 2016-06-01 12:21:21

I can not reproduce your error on my machine.
Building adapta-gtk-theme-3.21.2.27 with latest yaourt works just fine, even if I set ACLOCAL_FLAGS to the value you posted.

Is your system up to date? Is yaourt up to date? Have you tried to reinstall base-devel?

Last edited by mis (2016-06-01 12:27:55)

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 12:41:52

Yes, everything of mine is up to date. I have tried reinstalling base-devel also. I might be missing a file in aclocal, so could you just post what macros do you have, so I could double check?

mis · 2016-06-01 12:46:18

Fangahawk wrote:

This is the value of it.

[fangahawk@fanga ~]$ echo $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
-I /usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9 -I /usr/share/aclocal -I /usr/share/aclocal-1.15

Why did you set /usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9 ?
Have you installed anything (old automake version?) manuallay to that location? Maybe that's the problem.
I think it could explain the errors about obsolete and missing macros.

edit: Does it work if you unset ACLOCAL_FLAGS like Docbroke suggested?

ACLOCAL_FLAGS=

Last edited by mis (2016-06-01 12:49:26)

mis · 2016-06-01 13:09:53

Fangahawk wrote:

I might be missing a file in aclocal, so could you just post what macros do you have, so I could double check?

grep -r AM_SILENT_RULES /usr/share/*
/usr/share/aclocal-1.15/silent.m4:# AM_SILENT_RULES([DEFAULT])
/usr/share/aclocal-1.15/silent.m4:AC_DEFUN([AM_SILENT_RULES],
/usr/share/aclocal-1.15/init.m4:AC_REQUIRE([AM_SILENT_RULES])dnl
/usr/share/autoconf/autom4te.cfg:args: --preselect AM_SILENT_RULES
/usr/share/libtool/configure.ac:m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
/usr/share/libtool/aclocal.m4:AC_REQUIRE([AM_SILENT_RULES])dnl
/usr/share/libtool/aclocal.m4:# AM_SILENT_RULES([DEFAULT])
/usr/share/libtool/aclocal.m4:AC_DEFUN([AM_SILENT_RULES],

ewaller · 2016-06-01 13:48:43

Fangahawk wrote:

makepkg does work properly, but i don't want to use that installing packages from AUR, since Yaourt is simple and easy to use.

Moving to AUR Issues.

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 17:32:01

Yes, looks like I made a dumb mistake. Got confused with their numbering, and thought that automake 1.9 was a newer version than automake 1.15 . Can you please tell me what to do now? And no setting ACLOCAL_FLAGS to nothing makes no difference

Last edited by Fangahawk (2016-06-01 17:32:39)

Trilby · 2016-06-01 17:35:57

How did you set that variable to nothing? Did you export it in the same session you tried to use yaourt/pacaur from?

export ACLOCAL_FLAGS=
yaourt ...

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 17:40:34

No, I didn't do it in the same session as yaourt and pacaur. I did

export ACLOCAL_FLAGS

And it came blank when i echoed the value of it after this.

Trilby · 2016-06-01 17:46:05

OK, then do it like I suggested.

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 18:19:38

FINALLY WORKED. Thank you all for the help, you guys are very friendly! I have heard that the Arch forums are really good, turns out it is true ! The problem was that i manually installed automake 1.9, due to the numbering confusion. The solution was to download automake 1.15 tarball online and install it.

Trilby · 2016-06-01 18:43:49

Fangahawk wrote:

The solution was to download automake 1.15 tarball online and install it.

This is a very bad solution. Use pacman to install software.

The right solution would be to undo whatever you have done and just ensure you have base-devel installed via pacman.

Fangahawk · 2016-06-01 18:55:56

No actually i tried installing automake many times from pacman. I even cleared the cache and installed it again, but it wasn't working, so i installed automake online. But ya I'll undo everything.

Docbroke · 2016-06-01 19:11:41

Fangahawk wrote:

No actually i tried installing automake many times from pacman. I even cleared the cache and installed it again, but it wasn't working, so i installed automake online. But ya I'll undo everything.

hiding details, (though it may not be intended), is one common cause of unsolved threads. I think you can mark this thread solved, and create new one if your undoing fails somewhere.

Last edited by Docbroke (2016-06-02 03:16:30)

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[SOLVED]Unable to build anything using yaourt and packer

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