[Glade-users] Config error

[don dcross uklinux net (Donald Cross)]

Thanks Damon.

It turned out that some m4 files were hiding in /usr/local/share/aclocal when
they were being sought in /usr/share/aclocal.

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:38:21 Damon Chaplin wrote:
> Donald Cross wrote:
> > I have recently upgraded some libraries and now cannot compile glade apps
using
> > glade--.
> > I always get the following error:
> > ./configure: line 2248: syntax error near unexpected token
> > `AM_PATH_GTKMM(1.2.3,,'
> > ./configure: line 2248: `AM_PATH_GTKMM(1.2.3,,'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > I have automake, autoconf and libtool installed, gtk version 1.2.8, gtk--
> > version 1.2.3, glade version 0.5.11, glade-- version 0.5.9
> >
> > Can anyone suggest what is wrong - this is driving me nuts!
>
> It is a very common problem. (Annoyingly common!)
>
> Did aclocal output warnings about not finding macros or duplicated macros?
> That is usually the real problem.
>
> You need to make sure that aclocal can find all the relevant m4 macros
> and that there are no duplicate files installed.
>
> The Glade FAQ on glade.pn.org has info about a very similar situation.
>
> Damon