Can't compile gtk+

[Joachim Schlesener <jos tp heise de>]

Johan Groth writes:
 > Hi everybody,
 > I'm experiencing major problems compiling gtk+. I have checkout the
 > latest version from cvs and just made an update.
 > The result from autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local/lib/gnome looks like
 > this:
 > aclocal: configure.in: 141: macro `AM_PATH_GLIB' not found in library
 > configure.in:125: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
 > cross compiling
 > configure.in:126: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
 > cross compiling
 > configure.in:341: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
 > cross compiling
 > configure.in:359: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
 > cross compiling
 > configure.in:373: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
 > cross compiling
 > loading cache ./config.cache
 > ./configure: syntax error near unexpected token
 > `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,'
 > ./configure: ./configure: line 581: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,
 > $VERSION, no-define)'
 > 
 > Now type 'make' to compile GTK+.
 > 
 > There is a syntax error fault in the configure script! Has anyone else
 > experienced this?
 > 
Yes I had the same problem. For me the following is a solution:

Copy the file 'gtk.m4' to the Folder that 'aclocal --print-ac-dir'
shows.

Joachim