[CLN-list] Building from git: autoreconf fails

[Richard B. Kreckel]

On 11/18/2016 02:13 PM, Gereon Kremer wrote:
> I'm trying to build the current version CLN from git and having problems
> with autoreconf.
> As far as I understand, building CLN should work like that:
> 
> "Checkout git to cln/"
> cd cln/
> autoreconf -iv
> ./configure && make
> 
> However, autoreconf tells me:
> 
> $ autoreconf -iv
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
> autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
> configure.ac:64: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_SHARED
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:68: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_ENABLE_SHARED
> configure.ac:71: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> 
> I use the cln_1-3-4 tag on an ubuntu 16.10 with autoreconf 2.69.

Please install the libtool package and try again.

   -richy.