[Plib-users] Build error

[John M. <joh...@co...>]

I am in inexperienced UNIX user and I am trying to get plib 1.6.0 to 
build under the MAC OX.  10.2.6.  I entered the following in the Unix 
terminal.

[ip68-3-13-109:~/Desktop/plib-1.6.0] johnmacmullin% ./autogen.sh
Running aclocal
Running automake
Running autoconf
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Now you are ready to run './configure'
======================================
[ip68-3-13-109:~/Desktop/plib-1.6.0] johnmacmullin% ./configure
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/Users/johnmacmullin/Desktop/plib-1.6.0/missing: Unknown `--run' option
Try `/Users/johnmacmullin/Desktop/plib-1.6.0/missing --help' for more 
information
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
includedir changed to ${prefix}/include/plib libdir is 
${exec_prefix}/lib
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking build system type... configure: error: cannot guess build 
type; you must specify one
[ip68-3-13-109:~/Desktop/plib-1.6.0] johnmacmullin%

Any suggestions to get the configure to run to completion?  Again, 
please understand that I am a complete novice with these things.  Your 
patience is greatly appreciated.

John