Check what version of Automake and Autoconf you have. You need autoconf >=2.5 and automake >=1.6
For me to compile on Gentoo, I have to: export WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5=1 export WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.6 Craig On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 01:24, John Griessen wrote: > Hi, > > I use debian testing and unstable and would like to try scribus. > I tried debian packages and get no keramik style message with kde > and no motif style with gnome... So I tried compiling several snapshots... > no luck yet. > > Suggestions? > > John G > > With environment M4= as follows: > M4='/usr/bin/m4 --nesting-limit=500' > MACHTYPE=i386-pc-linux-gnu > > and running > cd scribus/Scribus > make -f Makefile.dist > I get: > ======================== > root at toolbench:/download/biz-frameworks-forum9k-devel/Scribus# make -f > Makefile.dist > This Makefile is only for the CVS repository > This will be deleted before making the distribution > > *** Creating acinclude.m4 > !!! If you get recursion errors from autoconf, it is advisable to set the > environment variable M4 to something including "--nesting-limit=500" > *** Creating aclocal.m4 > *** Creating configure > *** Creating config.h template > autoheader: `config.h.in' is unchanged > *** Creating Makefile templates > scribus/Makefile.am:131: invalid unused variable name: `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/libabout/Makefile.am:15: invalid unused variable name: `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/libprefs/Makefile.am:15: invalid unused variable name: `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/plugins/libchar/Makefile.am:16: invalid unused variable name: > `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/plugins/svgexplugin/Makefile.am:5: invalid unused variable name: > `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/plugins/svgimplugin/Makefile.am:5: invalid unused variable name: > `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/plugins/printpreview/Makefile.am:16: invalid unused variable name: > `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/Makefile.am:11: invalid unused variable name: > `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/plugins/Makefile.am:6: variable `pyt' not defined > scribus/libpostscript/Makefile.am:23: invalid unused variable name: > `AM_LDFLAGS' > scribus/libpdf/Makefile.am:24: invalid unused variable name: `AM_LDFLAGS' > make[1]: *** [cvs] Error 1 > make: *** [all] Error 2 > root at toolbench:/download/biz-frameworks-forum9k-devel/Scribus# set > > > > This part comes from: > scribus/plugins/Makefile.am:6: variable `pyt' not defined > ========================================================= > ####### kdevelop will overwrite this part!!! (begin)########## > if COMPILE_PYTHON > pyt = scriptplugin > endif > > SUBDIRS = libchar svgexplugin svgimplugin printpreview $(pyt) > > ####### kdevelop will overwrite this part!!! (end)############ > ============================================================= > > John Griessen Cibolo Design Austin Texas > EE good at IR systems, power supplies, logic design, A2D D2A, digital amps, > mechatronics, SiGe and CMOS layout, MEMS/mech/electronic/photonic > modeling, charge pump PV/battery/fuel cell power converters, linux counter > #249315 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
