Re: gnome-libs compile problem

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

"Brad Cramer" <res005vp@gte.net> writes:

> Trying to compile gnome-libs from cvs and when I run:
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
> I get an error saying something like this (not exactly sure not at box right
> now)
> ./configure: ./configure syntax error near unexpected token
> 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
> ./configure: ./configure error line 538 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
> 
> anyone have any ideas what is wrong. I am not a programmer (just so you
> know) I have installed glib, gtk+, and ORBit from cvs without any problems.

This is a symptom of an earlier error that kept the aclocal step of
autogen.sh from working correctly. The most common problem is
a duplicate .m4 file. (Look for a message about that.)

Regards,
                                        Owen