I had the same problem. It was because autoconf needs to be installed. I installed through "apt-cyg install autoconf" in cygwin.
I had no success building it on Windows 10. I guess building it on Windows 7 would be easier. Apache's buildbot uses Windows 7 On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Peter Kovacs <legi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > maybe the path not set? > > can you find the autoconf command in the bin folder? > > > Best > > PEter > > > On 10.02.2017 23:39, Richard Stuppi wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I am attempting to build OpenOffice on a Windows 10 machine using the >> instructions at: >> >> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guid >> e_AOO/Step_by_step#Windows_7.2C_Windows_8.1.2C_Windows_10 >> >> When I get to the section titled “Run autoconf to create the configure >> script” I get the following error: >> >> bash: autoconf: command not found >> >> I selected the autoconf package during the initial Cygwin installation. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thank you, >> >> ** >> >> RH EMAIL LOGO <http://www.ratehighway.com/> >> >> *Richard Stuppi* >> >> /Sr. Developer/ >> ____________________________________________ >> >> *O +1 949 383 4812 * >> >> *F + 1 949 383 4812 * >> >> *RATEHIGHWAY.COM <http://ratehighway.com/>* >> >> Skype: rhrichardstuppi >> >> CR >> >> >