autoconf Questions

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Trying to use AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11 in my configure.ac file like this: ... AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11(, optional) ... However, results in error: ./configure: line 16126: syntax error near unex...
Conjunct asked 24/7, 2014 at 1:12

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The project that I am trying to build has default flags CFLAGS = -Wall -g -O2 CXXFLAGS = -g -O2 I need to append a flag -w to both these variables (to remove: 'consider all warnings as errors'...
Crier asked 1/5, 2014 at 12:25

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I am trying to do an installations of Linux Mint 16 'petra' on both 32 and 64 bit installs. I have no internet connection on my pc so have to install all additional software manually. Being a deve...
Doxology asked 19/12, 2013 at 9:39

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I have the following in configure.ac: AC_CHECK_PROGS(MAKE,$MAKE make gmake,error) if test "x$MAKE" = "xerror" ;then AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find a make command]) fi This has been in our project fo...
Blat asked 10/1, 2012 at 22:21

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I may need to add a lot of AC_ARG_ENABLE, currently I'm using the syntax below which is the only I got working, but I wonder if there's already some m4 macro for a simple action-if-given test as I'...
Laural asked 19/8, 2015 at 10:15

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When cross compiling tools, you will often have to provide "a target triplet". Example given i686-pc-linux-gnu arm-none-linux-gnueabi powerpc-unknown-linux and so on... These triplets, which a...
Depreciatory asked 11/12, 2012 at 11:54

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I encounter such errors when trying to build libnice-0.1.10. For solution, I am following possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR, but still not getting there. some program version uname: 3.5.0-23-g...
Jenness asked 17/2, 2015 at 20:10

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I'm trying to test our Autotools stuff on Cygwin. When I open a prompt: $ autoreconf --install --force Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm ...
Alary asked 7/11, 2017 at 22:14

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I'm trying to build ZooKeeper on a RedHat Linux box. (Exactly what ZooKeeper is is probably not important :-) When I follow the package instructions, I get: $ autoreconf -if aclocal:configure.ac...
Trait asked 15/9, 2009 at 22:12

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I need a place to install libraries in a linux box I have no su access to. I'm using ~/local[/bin,/lib,/include], but I don't know how can I tell ./configure to look for libraries there (particular...
Foliate asked 26/9, 2011 at 21:25

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I understand that CFLAGS (or CXXFLAGS for C++) are for the compiler, whereas CPPFLAGS is used by the preprocessor. But I still don't understand the difference. I need to specify an include path f...
Quadrifid asked 2/5, 2010 at 21:2

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can anybody tell me if there is a way to insert a conditional block to Makefile.am so that it will be passed further to a Makfile created by autotools? Here is an example: ifeq "$(SOMEVAR)" "" SO...
Attractant asked 23/11, 2010 at 13:45

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The Autoconfig manual states that comment lines can start with either dnl or #. Is there any difference between them, any reason to use one rather than the other in any circumstance? Or is it pure...
Namedropper asked 30/7, 2010 at 12:7

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I'm trying to debug an autotools problem for an open-source project, which is failing at the configure step. I'd like to see the code/executable that configure is trying to run. However, the conf...
Flathead asked 26/8, 2011 at 16:3

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I'm trying to update Automake on a really old CentOS machine. The build is failing with: $ make -j 4 ... MAKEINFO doc/automake.info /home/scripts/automake-1.15.1/lib/missing: line 81: makeinfo: ...
Thies asked 3/1, 2018 at 4:40

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I get the following error ./configure: line 11162: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found when this is code is executed in (kivy-ios/tools-build-sdlmixer.sh) if [ ! -f libtremor/tremor/.libs/li...
Herr asked 13/6, 2013 at 14:37

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I'm working on a configuration script for a JNI wrapper. One of the configuration parameters is the path to jni.h. What's a good quick-and-dirty Autoconf test for whether this parameter is set corr...
Seasonseasonable asked 2/10, 2008 at 18:8

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Unfortunately, I am having difficulty cross-compiling Git for the ARMv6 architecture. But before I begin describing the steps I've taken and commands I've entered, I should briefly describe the bu...
Seneca asked 20/3, 2013 at 5:41

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I get following message when I run automake --foreign --add-missing for my C program compiling. mylib/Makefile.am:1: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined mylib/Makefile.am:1: The...
Rosaline asked 20/3, 2014 at 7:37

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I'm experimenting with using libhttpserver and, by extension, libmicrohttpd from inside a Bazel build. The build process for these libraries seems to go: ./bootstrap mkdir build cd build ../config...
Geraldo asked 3/2, 2020 at 23:15

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I'm currently learning how to use the autoconf/automake toolchain. I seem to have a general understanding of the workflow here - basically you have a configure.ac script which generates an executab...
Spite asked 9/11, 2014 at 19:23

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I'm not talking about making portable code. This is more a question of distribution. I have a medium-sized project. It has several dependencies on common libraries (eg openssl, zlib, etc). It compi...
Drees asked 21/3, 2010 at 5:27

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I am trying to build a project and it throws me an error : autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force configure.ac:19: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_SUBST If this token and others are ...
Concentre asked 16/12, 2016 at 10:21

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Why do conditional statements in autoconf scripts prefix their variables with "x"? For example, the macro provided by GNU to test for Boost has conditionals such as if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"...
Aught asked 29/6, 2012 at 16:50

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i'm trying to build libxml2 from source on my mac. so i have autoconf, libtool, and automake installed using macports autoconf and automake seem to be working fine as expected. i try running autoge...
Hetrick asked 16/3, 2013 at 11:17

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