autoreconf 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in' is required

silverserver · 02-21-2020, 05:31 AM

Hi there
I am new to this forum.
I'm from Germany.
I hope I write my question in the right forum.

I want to create a snap package with the content kblocks.
If I want to create my snap package with this content, the following message comes autoreconf 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in' is required

I can't get any further here. Who can help?

My yaml file looks like this

Code:

name: kblocks
version: "0.74-svn"
summary: kblocks
description: |
KBlocks is the classic falling blocks game 
base: core18
confinement: devmode
parts:
kblocks:
plugin: autotools
source-type: git
source: https://github.com/KDE/kblocks.git
build-packages:
      - g++
      - make
      - libsdl1.2-dev
      - libpng-dev
      - libsdl-net1.2-dev
      - libsdl-sound1.2-dev
      - libasound2-dev
stage-packages:
      - libsdl-sound1.2
      - libsdl-net1.2
      - libxcursor1
      - libxi6
      - libxinerama1
      - libxrandr2
      - libxrender1
      - libopenal1
      - libsndio6.1
      - libspeex1
      - libvorbisfile3
      - libwayland-client0
      - libwayland-cursor0
      - libwayland-egl1-mesa
      - libxkbcommon0
      - libglu1-mesa
      - libasound2
      - libasyncns0
      - libbsd0
      - libcaca0
      - libdbus-1-3
      - libflac8
      - libgcc1
      - libgcrypt20
      - libgl1
      - libglvnd0
      - libglx0
      - libgpg-error0
      - liblz4-1
      - liblzma5
      - libncursesw5
      - libogg0
      - libpng16-16
      - libpulse0
      - libsdl1.2debian
      - libslang2
      - libsndfile1
      - libstdc++6
      - libsystemd0
      - libtinfo5
      - libvorbis0a
      - libvorbisenc2
      - libwrap0
      - libx11-6
      - libxau6
      - libxcb1
      - libxdmcp6
      - libxext6
      - zlib1g

apps:
kblocks:
command: kblocks
environment:
"LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "$SNAP/usr/lib/$SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET/pulseaudio"
"DISABLE_WAYLAND": "1"

hazel · 02-22-2020, 07:52 AM

The build uses autotools (i.e. autoconf and automake) and these expect certain files to be in place. Ignore the reference to configure.ac; it isn't called that any more. The modern name is configure.in. Here's a tutorial that gives you some idea of what to put in it.