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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

error building HULA

┌─[ 19:28 ][ ~/installs/hula/trunk/hula ]
└─> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/hula/
checking for autoconf >= 2.53...
  testing autoconf2.50... not found.
  testing autoconf... found 2.63
checking for automake >= 1.6...
  testing automake-1.6... not found.
  testing automake-1.7... not found.
  testing automake-1.8... not found.
  testing automake-1.9... not found.
  testing automake19... not found.
***Error***: You must have automake >= 1.6 installed
  to build Package.  Download the appropriate package for
  from your distribution or get the source tarball at
    http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.tar.gz

checking for libtool >= 1.4.3...
  testing libtoolize... found 2.2.6
checking for pkg-config >= 0.14.0...
  testing pkg-config... found 0.23
./autogen.sh: line 168: --print-ac-dir: command not found
Checking for required M4 macros...
  libtool.m4 not found
  pkg.m4 not found
Checking for forbidden M4 macros...
***Error***: some autoconf macros required to build Package
  were not found in your aclocal path, or some forbidden
  macros were found.  Perhaps you need to adjust your
  ACLOCAL_FLAGS?

┌─[ 19:28 ][ ~/installs/hula/trunk/hula ]
└─>

But I tried installing base-devel and you can see I have these installed:

┌─[ 19:28 ][ ~/installs/hula/trunk/hula ]
└─> y base-devel
Password: 
base-devel package not found, searching for group...
:: group base-devel (including ignored packages):
    autoconf  automake  bin86  bison  ed  fakeroot  flex  gcc  libtool  m4  make  patch  pkgconfig  
:: Install whole content? [Y/n] y
warning: autoconf-2.63-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: automake-1.10.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: bin86-0.16.17-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: bison-2.4.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: fakeroot-1.12.2-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: flex-2.5.35-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: gcc-4.3.3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: libtool-2.2.6a-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: make-3.81-4 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: patch-2.5.9-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: pkgconfig-0.23-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (13): m4-1.4.13-1  autoconf-2.63-1  automake-1.10.2-1  bin86-0.16.17-3  bison-2.4.1-1  ed-1.2-1  fakeroot-1.12.2-2  flex-2.5.35-1  gcc-4.3.3-1  libtool-2.2.6a-1  make-3.81-4  patch-2.5.9-2  pkgconfig-0.23-1  

Total Download Size:    0.15 MB
Total Installed Size:   77.85 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

SamC

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From: Calgary

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 611

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Re: error building HULA

If you look at the output again, it doesn't say that m4 is installed. What does pacman -Q m4 show?

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: error building HULA

Oops, I didn't see that-- but I just installed m4 and I get the same error...

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,549

Re: error building HULA

Try re-installing automake, and also look in the autogen/configure script to see what it's doing to check for it