Trouble Install Autoconf package
Trouble installing AutoConf (Red Hat 5.2).
I downloaded autoconf-2.10.tar.gz from the gnu.org and followed the directions in the accompanying "INSTALL" file, but I don't see any sign that it works. When I type "autoconf" in the command prompt, my shell says there is no such command. I'm not sure of the proper syntactical usage of autoconf either. So the questions are how do I install autoconf and confirm that it was successfully installed? |
what did you do?
did you recieved error messages? did you need to compile? what is the output from Code:
whereis autoconf |
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How do you install it? Follow the instructions, which you did. You don't say whether or not you got any errors or messages, though. If you didn't, chances are it worked and installed. You probably don't have autoconf in your PATH, which is why it's not found. As root, type in "find / -name autoconf*". It'll chew on this for a bit, watch what it returns. Then type in "/path/to/where/autoconf", to run it. You can also add whatever directory name to your existing PATH. And if you're using RHEL5.2, you should be able to use "yum install autoconf", and it'll do it for you. |
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My $PATH variable contains /usr/local/bin and the privileges are -rwxr-xr-x. When i type man autoconf I get not "no manual entry for autoconf". Is that normal? |
what happens when you type
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/usr/local/bin/autoconf |
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TB0ne, you are right it looks like I may have installed but how do I determine if I did installed it correctly. I ran "find / -name autoconf*" and got these results Code:
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/autoconf And the Red Hat/Linux version is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) |
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[root@machineABC bin]# /usr/local/bin/autoconf |
Seems to me you need this one
/autoconf-folder/autoconf-2.10/autoconf |
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[root@g500-machineABC bin]# cd /autoconf-folder/autoconf-2.10/ Code:
[root@gs00L-machineABC bin]# autoconf |
i would uninstall then rebuild but this time use the --prefix option so that it dose NOT install in the unused " /usr/local"
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cd /to/where/you/put/autoconf-2.10 Code:
./configure --help |
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I tried this and got the same results..."man autoconf" I still get "no manual entry for autoconf". |
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