RE: Gnome & Gtk+ - can't even get off the ground.

[David Puryear <dayear codenet net>]

I think this has to do with where your ~/share/aclocal is. On mine, I have
everything relating to gnome install in /opt, so /opt/share/aclocal is where
that is. 

I do this everytime I login to compile gnome stuff:
export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /opt/share/aclocal"

Ever since then, I haven't had any "AM_*" errors.

Hth,
David


On 26-Jan-99 Ralph Becket wrote:
> I decided to try installing Gnome on our local system (a bunch of
> SPARCs running Solaris: `uname -a`="SunOS raglan 5.5.1
> Generic_103640-21 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2" etc.)
> 
> So I went to the beginners guide at
> http://www.cinternet.net/~soren/gnome/cvs.shtml
> and followed the instructions therein.
> 
> First off I had to install m4, autoconf, automake, gettext and indent.
> The following versions went in without a hitch:
> 
> m4-1.4
> autoconf-2.13
> automake-1.4
> gettext-0.10
> indent-1.9.1
> 
> and after a couple of squawks when trying to install glib, added
> 
> libtool-1.2
> 
> I cvs'd glib and gtk+ over to get the ball rolling.  glib went in
> without a hitch.  gtk+ though is being a right pain:
> 
> $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=$GNOME/local
> Running gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages.
> Usage: gettextize [OPTION]... [package-dir]
>   -h, --help           print this help and exit
>   -v, --version        print version information and exit
>   -f, --force          force writing of new files even if old exist
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 0: macro `AM_LC_MESSAGES' not found in library
> configure.in:162: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
> compiling
> configure.in:163: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
> compiling
> configure.in:357: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
> compiling
> configure.in:162: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
> compiling
> configure.in:163: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
> compiling
> configure.in:357: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
> compiling
> loading cache ./config.cache
> ./configure: syntax error at line 582: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' unexpected
> 
> Now type 'make' to compile Gtk+.
> $
> 
> Whoa!  I've tried everything and I can't get this thing to build me a working
> .,/configure file.
> 
> Any help would be very gratefully received.  Ta,
> 
> Ralph
> 
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> 
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