Re: Can't compile libIDL (autogen.sh/libtool problems)

["Mark A. Pitman" <map primenet com>]

Allen Unueco wrote:

> I've been trying to compile gnome and I've run into some problems.  This
> is the first time I've used libtool and I'm not that familiar with m4
> macros.  So I'm at a loss about that is wrong.
>
> I've been following the directions from:
> http://www.cinternet.net/~soren/gnome/cvs.shtml
> It's been very helpful but now I'm stuck
>
> My system:
> RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.1.131 (x86))
> autoconf   v2.12
> automake   v1.3
> libtool    v1.2
>
> I have compiled glib and gtk+ without problems.  Third on my compile
> list is libIDL (if I try ORBit I get the same problems with libIDL) and
> that is where the problems start.
>
> Mainly I've been having difficulty using aclocal and getting it to
> include
> .m4 files correctly.  No matter what I do aclocal never finds
> AM_PROG_LIBTOOL,
> AC_CPP_ACCEPT_IDL, or AC_CPP_PIPE_STDIN.  Also it always complains
> about "duplicated macro `AM_PATH_GTK'" from gtk.m4.
>
> After copying libtool.m4 to ./aclocal.m4 and including
> gnome/share/aclocal to my ACLOCAL_FLAGS environment variable this is
> what I get.
>
> ---
>
> [root@dagohbah libIDL]# ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gnome
> --with-gtk-prefix=/opt/gnome
> processing .
> aclocal: /opt/gnome/share/aclocal/gtk.m4: 7: duplicated macro
> `AM_PATH_GTK'
> aclocal: configure.in: 28: macro `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' not found in library
> autoconf: Undefined macros:
> configure.in:12:AC_CPP_ACCEPT_IDL
> configure.in:16:AC_CPP_PIPE_STDIN
> Running ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --prefix=/opt/gnome
> --with-gtk-prefix=/opt/gnome
> loading cache ./config.cache
> ./configure: syntax error near unexpected token
> `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libIDL,'
> ./configure: ./configure: line 531: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libIDL, 0.5.7)'
>
> ---
>
> I want to get the latest gnome source working on my box so I can start
> working on some projects in gnome.  If anyone can help me I would
> appreciate it very much.
>
> Thanks,
> Allen Unueco
>
> allen@premierweb.com
>
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I am having the same problems, I just CVS'd the latest versions of libIDL
and ORBit.  Does anyone have a fix for this problem?  I have now been
trying to get gnome installed for 2 weeks and I am getting frustrated!  I
was able to get the CVS versions of glib and gtk+ installed without too
much trouble.  Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Mark