Re: [Opensync-users] Compile failure for fresh svn update for Ubuntu Breezy

[Achim S. <Ach...@mn...>]

Hi Armin,

Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 12:18 schrieb Armin Bauer:
> > I checked out the current subversion versions of opensync and the irmc
> > and kdepim plugins. But when I call autreconfig to get the configure
> > scripts and all other stuff created, I get some problems about unknown
> > macros: ##################################
> > configure.in:19: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC
> >       If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> > m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation.
> > configure.in:20: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> > autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> > ##################################
> >
> > My versions are:
> > + autoreconf --version
> >    ==> autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
> > + autoconf --version
> >    ==> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
> > + automake --version
> >    ==> automake (GNU automake) 1.9.5
> >
>
> My guess from the error message above is that the libtools are simply
> not installed on your machine. Please take a look if you have the
> package "libtool" installed.
YES - THANKS - THIS WAS THE PROBLEM.

Question:
Did I oversee some documentation somewhere? How could I know that the missing 
_macro_ indicates a missing program?
So _please_ add somewhere in the compile instructions a note on requirements 
for successful installation.
- libtool ( min version )
- automake ( min version )
- autoconfig ( min version )
- and maybe a list of packages, where the DEVEL part is needed
    ( I needed some time to detect, that the error messages from ./configure
      were triggered by missing of the -devel packages - where I had the 
      normal library installed )


> didnt the configure script tell you which package it was missing?
> Normally it issues an error message if it doesnt find a package.
It told my that glib-2.0 was missing. I thought "hey it is installed" - but 
missed the fact, that the "-dev" package for glib-2.0 is needed.

So other people might get a faster success, when the WIKI could list those 
pacakges, where the "-dev" part is needed.


Bye,
Achim