LinuxQuestions.org - KDevelop error messages -- cannot build applications

I installed KDevelop 3.1.2 (on KDE 3.3.2) today through synaptic (so all dependencies should be taken care of).

Whenever I create a project and try to compile it (even without making any changes to the code) I get the following message:

Code:

There is no Makefile in this directory

and no configure script for this project.

Run automake & friends and configure first?

When I click on "Yes" I get this error in the terminal:

Code:

cd '/home/hari/Programs/sample' && WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5="1" WANT_AUTOMAKE_1_6="1" make -f Makefile.cvs && mkdir '/home/hari/Programs/sample/debug' && cd '/home/hari/Programs/sample/debug' && CXXFLAGS="-O0 -g3" "/home/hari/Programs/sample/configure" --enable-debug=full && cd '/home/hari/Programs/sample/debug' && WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5="1" WANT_AUTOMAKE_1_6="1" make -k 

*** Exited with status: 2 ***

Obviously there is some problem with automake, but I cannot determine why this should be the case.