Re: Debian users having grief compiling CVS? - Read This

[Marcus Brubaker <spoon elpaso net>]

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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Mary K. Honeycutt wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Where did you find the tarball for lib-1.2d?  I've looked and haven't
> been able to find it.
> 
>                               Jim Starr
> 
> Greg Schafer wrote:
> > 
> >         I've been compiling gnome on a Debian slink system fine for a
> > couple of months now. All of a sudden, the autogen scripts are falling
> > over in weird places.
> > 
> >         Debian comes with: autoconf 2.12, automake 1.3, libtool 1.2. After
> > much experimentation, I did the following:
> > 
> > 1. Removed (purged) the prepackaged installed debs of:
> >         autoconf 2.12
> >         automake 1.3
> >         libtool 1.2
> >         gettext 0.10.35
> > 
> > 2. Dowloaded the source tarballs of:
> >         autoconf 2.13   <- Note - newer version
> >         automake 1.3b   <- ditto
> >         libtool 1.2d    <- ditto
> >         gettext 0.10.35
> > 
> > 3. Unpacked and installed the above packages in /usr/local
> > 
> > Note: All 4 packages must be installed in the same place (eg: /usr/local).
> > If you leave gettext installed by Debian then have the other 3 installed
> > in /usr/local, you will strike grief!
> > 
> > Note: Don't use the just released automake 1.4, you will also strike
> > grief!
> > 
> >         Greg
> > 
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Marcus Brubaker
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