Re: [kde-linux] problem when running autoconf

hello Amit,

i'm a bit of a newbie myself, but from a quick search you can find
autoconf here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/

a good one to select might be "autoconf-2.60.tar.bz2".. download
this.. from a konsole do the following:
tar -jxf autoconf-2.60.tar.bz2
cd autoconf-2.60

There is a "readme" file and "install" file.. have a quick read of
them... but basically do:
./configure --prefix=/home/yourlogin/someplace
make
make install

please note that "yourlogin" should be replaced with whatever your
login name is... and "someplace" is the path you want to install to..
i suggested having this prefix in case things go wrong, this is just
to make sure that your old autoconf does not get overwritten..

that should basically install autoconf.. but note that
"/home/yourlogin/someplace " needs to be on your path...

to make sure you are using the newly installed autoconf, type "which
autoconf" and it should show /home/yourlogin/someplace.. if this is
not the case, that means it found the old autoconf before the new
one... so, make sure /home/yourlogin/someplace is first in the path

if it all work, then you can do a proper install (repeat the steps but
do not use the --prefix=/home/yourlogin/someplace part)

hope this helps.. but i'm a big of a newbie myself - so any feedback is cool..

good luck!
nasser



On 9/21/06, amit pansuria <pansuriya.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
helo rex thx for giving me reply .
actually i m new in this kde and linux stuff.
i know my kde version is too old but i cant change my kde and linux version
because my whole project is already build on this version. i m just
maintening this project.
now tell me how use new version of autoconf and automake tool
step by step. from where i have to download it n how to install new version.
Thanks n Regards,
Amit



On 9/20/06, Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
amit pansuria wrote:


helo i got following error when i run the project file with autoconf
on redhat 9.
i m using kde-2.1.5 on redhat 9


#autoconf
configure.in:63: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest
autoconf/status.m4:844: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.in:63: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1

Your autoconf (and probably automake too) is too old. You need at least
autoconf-2.5x

-- Rex

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