@joehaffey2008 wrote:
Hello fellow ubuntuers. I'm a noob programmer experiencing major frustration with the GNU autotools. For three months now I have scoured the internet looking for the answer to this question and my patience is wearing thin. Allow me to apologize if I screw up my etiquette or if I have posted in the wrong area I am but a noob. Here goes my question:
I have learned so far that the gnu autotools consist of autoconf automake and libtool. These tools must be installed if I am to be a developer. But, like with most software, they have dependencies. Dependencies must be installed in the correct order or there might be problems with the installation or the operating system. For example, autoconf uses m4 macros and therefore m4 must be installed before autoconf. GCC must be the first package installed because without a compiler, you can’t build software.
I have read the documentation and looked in the usual places online for the answers I need. I respectfully ask you don’t spoon feed me (because I won’t learn anything) but I ask that you point me in the right direction.
Sincerely,
Joe Haffey
joehaffey2008@gmail.com
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