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Old 02-17-2014
Trying to install libtool from source - newbie
Hey all,

I am trying to configure software (Open Cascade) and I am receiving the following error:

configure.ac:24: warning: macro `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' not found in library

I know I must be missing libtool, however, when I try and grab libtool (a lot of sites have the proper tarball and directions -- so I think) I get errors once I get to the "make install" step. I went ahead and changed the permissions for all files associated with the configure and make to read, write, and execute for all, but that does not seem to help.

Upon further research I found that I must do the install on my root directory. When I try that, my permission to the tarball is denied. I'm confused.

I am using putty as my emulator on my Windows system.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be very helpful. I don't know much about Unix/Linux commands, so if you do have a suggestion, could you please kind of talk your way through the commands?

Thank you!
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Old 02-18-2014
Welcome to Forums.

Follow this steps, and change --prefix=your/installation/path if required, by default installation path is /usr/local, I compiled with gcc

Code:
[akshay@aix Packs]$ wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.tar.gz

[akshay@aix Packs]$ tar -xvf libtool-2.4.tar.gz

[akshay@aix Packs]$ cd libtool-2.4

[akshay@aix libtool-2.4]$ pwd
/home/akshay/Desktop/Packs/libtool-2.4

[akshay@aix libtool-2.4]$ ./configure --disable-static --prefix=/home/akshay/Desktop/Packs/testlib

[akshay@aix libtool-2.4]$ make

[akshay@aix libtool-2.4]$ make install

[akshay@aix libtool-2.4]$ cd ../testlib/

[akshay@aix testlib]$ ls 
bin  include  lib  share

[akshay@aix bin]$ ls 
libtool  libtoolize

[akshay@aix bin]$ ./libtool --version
libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4
Written by Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996

Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[akshay@aix bin]$ ./libtoolize --version
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 2.4
Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>, 2003

Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Old 02-18-2014
Thank you so much! This was presented so clearly, and it worked perfectly. Thanks for taking the time to help!
 
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