macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION' not found in library

[estatistics]

   ./autogen.sh
Useless use of /d modifier in transliteration operator at /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Wrap.pm line 60.
Creating directory po
Copying file po/Makefile.in.in
Copying file po/Makevars.template
Copying file po/Rules-quot
Copying file po/boldquot.sed
Copying file po/en@boldquot.header
Copying file po/en@quot.header
Copying file po/insert-header.sin
Copying file po/quot.sed
Copying file po/remove-potcdate.sin
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
aclocal:configure.ac:21: warning: macro `AM_SILENT_RULES' not found in library
aclocal:configure.ac:54: warning: macro `AM_ICONV' not found in library
aclocal:configure.ac:63: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION' not found in library
aclocal:configure.ac:64: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
configure.ac:20: warning: The macro `AC_FOREACH' is obsolete.
configure.ac:20: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:191: AC_FOREACH is expanded from...
/usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9/options.m4:25: _AM_SET_OPTIONS is expanded from...
/usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9/init.m4:26: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:20: the top level
Useless use of /d modifier in transliteration operator at /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Wrap.pm line 60.
configure.ac:20: warning: The macro `AC_FOREACH' is obsolete.
configure.ac:20: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:191: AC_FOREACH is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:9723: _AM_SET_OPTIONS is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:9397: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:20: the top level
configure.ac:20: require Automake 1.11, but have 1.9.6
warning: automake failed
configure.ac:20: warning: The macro `AC_FOREACH' is obsolete.
configure.ac:20: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:191: AC_FOREACH is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:9723: _AM_SET_OPTIONS is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:9397: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:20: the top level
configure.ac:21: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_SILENT_RULES
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:54: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_ICONV
configure.ac:57: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_LN_SRF_PREPARE
configure.ac:58: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LN_SRF
configure.ac:63: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
configure.ac:64: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
configure.ac:154: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
error: autoconf failed

and...

libglib2.0-0 is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglib2.0-dev is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglib2.0-bin is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglibmm-2.4-1v5 is already the newest version (2.66.5-2).
libglibmm-2.4-doc is already the newest version (2.66.5-2).
libglib2.0-doc is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglibmm-2.4-dev is already the newest version (2.66.5-2).
libglib-perl is already the newest version (3:1.329.3-2+b2).
libglib-object-introspection-perl is already the newest version (0.049-3).
libglib2.0-data is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglib2.0-dev-bin is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglibd-2.0-0 is already the newest version (2.3.0-3).
libglib2.0-cil is already the newest version (2.12.45-0xamarin19+ubuntu1804b1).
libglib3.0-cil is already the newest version (2.99.3-4.1).
libglibd-2.0-dev is already the newest version (2.3.0-3).
libglib2.0-cil-dev is already the newest version (2.12.45-0xamarin19+ubuntu1804b1).
libglib3.0-cil-dev is already the newest version (2.99.3-4.1).
libglib-testing-0-0 is already the newest version (0.1.1-1).
libglib-testing-0-dev is already the newest version (0.1.1-1).
libglib-testing-doc is already the newest version (0.1.1-1).
libglib2.0-tests is already the newest version (2.74.6-1).
libglibmm-2.68-1 is already the newest version (2.74.0-2).
libglibmm-2.68-dev is already the newest version (2.74.0-2).
libglibmm-2.68-doc is already the newest version (2.74.0-2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.`

and...

sudo apt -y install \
  autoconf-archive \
  libcmocka0 \
  libcmocka-dev \
  build-essential \
  git \
  pkg-config \
  gcc \
  g++ \
  m4 \
  libtool \
  automake \
  autoconf

autoconf-archive is already the newest version (20220903-3).
libcmocka0 is already the newest version (1.1.5-2.1).
libcmocka-dev is already the newest version (1.1.5-2.1).
build-essential is already the newest version (12.9).
git is already the newest version (1:2.39.2-1.1).
pkg-config is already the newest version (1.8.1-1).
gcc is already the newest version (4:12.2.0-3).
g++ is already the newest version (4:12.2.0-3).
m4 is already the newest version (1.4.19-3).
libtool is already the newest version (2.4.7-5).
automake is already the newest version (1:1.16.5-1.3).
autoconf is already the newest version (2.71-3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

but apt-file list libglib2.0-dev | grep '.m4$' shows nothing...

[estatistics]

sudo apt-get install gettext*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'gettext-base' for glob 'gettext*'
Note, selecting 'gettext' for glob 'gettext*'
Note, selecting 'gettext-doc' for glob 'gettext*'
Note, selecting 'gettext-el' for glob 'gettext*'
gettext is already the newest version (0.21-12).
gettext-base is already the newest version (0.21-12).
gettext-doc is already the newest version (0.21-12).
gettext-el is already the newest version (0.21-12).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

[estatistics]

  dir /usr/share/aclocal
ac_check_krb5.m4                ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4                ax_path_milter.m4
alsa.m4                     ax_cxx_complex_math_in_namespace_std.m4     ax_path_missing.m4
ao.m4                       ax_cxx_const_cast.m4                ax_perl_ext_flags.m4
autoopts.m4                 ax_cxx_cppflags_std_lang.m4             ax_perl_ext.m4
ax_absolute_header.m4               ax_cxx_cxxflags_std_lang.m4             ax_perl_module_version.m4
ax_ac_append_to_file.m4             ax_cxx_default_template_parameters.m4       ax_pgsql_priv_root.m4
ax_ac_print_to_file.m4              ax_cxx_delete_method.m4             ax_pkg_check_modules.m4
ax_add_am_macro.m4              ax_cxx_dtor_after_atexit.m4             ax_pkg_mico.m4
ax_add_am_macro_static.m4           ax_cxx_dynamic_cast.m4              ax_pkg_swig.m4
ax_add_am_trilinos_makefile_export.m4       ax_cxx_enum_computations.m4             ax_prefix_config_h.m4
ax_add_fortify_source.m4            ax_cxx_enum_computations_with_cast.m4       ax_prepend_flag.m4
ax_add_recursive_am_macro.m4            ax_cxx_erase_iterator_type.m4           ax_printf_size_t.m4
ax_add_recursive_am_macro_static.m4     ax_cxx_exceptions.m4                ax_print_to_file.m4
ax_afs.m4                   ax_cxx_explicit_instantiations.m4           ax_prog_apache.m4
ax_am_jobserver.m4              ax_cxx_explicit.m4                  ax_prog_bison.m4
ax_am_macros.m4                 ax_cxx_explicit_template_function_qualification.m4  ax_prog_bison_version.m4
ax_am_macros_static.m4              ax_cxx_extern_template.m4               ax_prog_cc_char_subscripts.m4
ax_am_override_var.m4               ax_cxx_full_specialization_syntax.m4        ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
ax_append_compile_flags.m4          ax_cxx_function_nontype_parameters.m4       ax_prog_cc_mpi.m4
ax_append_flag.m4               ax_cxx_function_try_blocks.m4           ax_prog_cp_s.m4
ax_append_link_flags.m4             ax_cxx_gcc_abi_demangle.m4              ax_prog_crontab.m4
ax_append_to_file.m4                ax_cxx_gnucxx_hashmap.m4                ax_prog_cxx_for_build.m4
ax_arg_with_path_style.m4           ax_cxx_have_bad_function_call.m4            ax_prog_cxx_mpi.m4
ax_asm_inline.m4                ax_cxx_have_bind.m4                 ax_prog_date.m4
ax_at_check_pattern.m4              ax_cxx_have_bit_and.m4              ax_prog_dotnetcore_version.m4
ax_auto_include_headers.m4          ax_cxx_have_bit_or.m4               ax_prog_doxygen.m4
ax_berkeley_db_cxx.m4               ax_cxx_have_bit_xor.m4              ax_prog_emacs.m4
ax_berkeley_db.m4               ax_cxx_have_complex.m4              ax_prog_f77_mpi.m4
ax_blas_f77_func.m4             ax_cxx_have_complex_math1.m4            ax_prog_fasm.m4
ax_blas.m4                  ax_cxx_have_complex_math2.m4            ax_prog_fasm_opt.m4
ax_boost_asio.m4                ax_cxx_have_cref.m4                 ax_prog_fc_mpi.m4
ax_boost_atomic.m4              ax_cxx_have_empty_iostream.m4           ax_prog_fig2dev.m4
ax_boost_base.m4                ax_cxx_have_ext_hash_map.m4             ax_prog_flex.m4
ax_boost_chrono.m4              ax_cxx_have_ext_hash_set.m4             ax_prog_flex_version.m4
ax_boost_context.m4             ax_cxx_have_ext_slist.m4                ax_prog_gjs.m4
ax_boost_coroutine.m4               ax_cxx_have_freeze_sstream.m4           ax_prog_guile_version.m4
ax_boost_date_time.m4               ax_cxx_have_function.m4             ax_prog_haxe_version.m4
ax_boost_filesystem.m4              ax_cxx_have_hash.m4                 ax_prog_help2man.m4
ax_boost_iostreams.m4               ax_cxx_have_ieee_math.m4                ax_prog_hla.m4
ax_boost_json.m4                ax_cxx_have_is_bind_expression.m4           ax_prog_hla_opt.m4
ax_boost_locale.m4              ax_cxx_have_is_placeholder.m4           ax_prog_httpd.m4
ax_boost_log.m4                 ax_cxx_have_koenig_lookup.m4            ax_prog_jar.m4
ax_boost_log_setup.m4               ax_cxx_have_long_long_for_iostream.m4       ax_prog_java_cc.m4
ax_boost_process.m4             ax_cxx_have_mem_fn.m4               ax_prog_javac.m4
ax_boost_program_options.m4         ax_cxx_have_numeric_limits.m4           ax_prog_javac_works.m4
ax_boost_python.m4              ax_cxx_have_placeholders.m4             ax_prog_javadoc.m4
ax_boost_random.m4              ax_cxx_have_reference_wrapper.m4            ax_prog_javah.m4
ax_boost_regex.m4               ax_cxx_have_ref.m4                  ax_prog_java.m4
ax_boost_serialization.m4           ax_cxx_have_sstream.m4              ax_prog_java_works.m4
ax_boost_signals.m4             ax_cxx_have_std.m4                  ax_prog_masm.m4
ax_boost_system.m4              ax_cxx_have_stl.m4                  ax_prog_masm_opt.m4
ax_boost_test_exec_monitor.m4           ax_cxx_have_string_push_back.m4         ax_prog_md5sum.m4
ax_boost_thread.m4              ax_cxx_have_system_v_math.m4            ax_prog_modprobe.m4
ax_boost_unit_test_framework.m4         ax_cxx_have_valarray.m4             ax_prog_mysqladmin.m4
ax_boost_wave.m4                ax_cxx_have_vector_at.m4                ax_prog_mysqld.m4
ax_boost_wserialization.m4          ax_cxx_header_pre_stdcxx.m4             ax_prog_mysqlimport.m4
ax_build_date_epoch.m4              ax_cxx_header_stdcxx_0x.m4              ax_prog_mysql.m4
ax_c99_inline.m4                ax_cxx_header_stdcxx_98.m4              ax_prog_mysqlshow.m4
ax_cache_size.m4                ax_cxx_header_stdcxx_tr1.m4             ax_prog_nasm.m4
ax_caolan_check_package.m4          ax_cxx_header_tr1_unordered_map.m4          ax_prog_nasm_opt.m4
ax_caolan_search_package.m4         ax_cxx_header_tr1_unordered_set.m4          ax_prog_perl_modules.m4
ax_c_arithmetic_rshift.m4           ax_cxx_header_unordered_map.m4          ax_prog_perl_version.m4
ax_c___attribute__.m4               ax_cxx_header_unordered_set.m4          ax_prog_pgclient.m4
ax_cc_for_build.m4              ax_cxx_ldflags_std_lang.m4              ax_prog_python_version.m4
ax_cc_maxopt.m4                 ax_cxx_member_constants.m4              ax_prog_robot.m4
ax_c_compile_value.m4               ax_cxx_member_templates.m4              ax_prog_ruby_version.m4
ax_c_declare_block.m4               ax_cxx_member_templates_outside_class.m4        ax_prog_scalac.m4
ax_cf_ebcdic.m4                 ax_cxx_mutable.m4                   ax_prog_scala.m4
ax_cflags_aix_option.m4             ax_cxx_namespaces.m4                ax_prog_scp.m4
ax_cflags_force_c89.m4              ax_cxx_namespace_std.m4             ax_prog_splint.m4
ax_cflags_hpux_option.m4            ax_cxx_new_for_scoping.m4               ax_prog_ssh.m4
ax_cflags_irix_option.m4            ax_cxx_old_for_scoping.m4               ax_prog_tasm.m4
ax_cflags_no_writable_strings.m4        ax_cxx_partial_ordering.m4              ax_prog_tasm_opt.m4
ax_cflags_strict_prototypes.m4          ax_cxx_partial_specialization.m4            ax_prog_tcl.m4
ax_cflags_sun_option.m4             ax_cxx_reinterpret_cast.m4              ax_prog_xsltproc.m4
ax_cflags_warn_all.m4               ax_cxx_restrict_this.m4             ax_prog_yasm.m4
ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4           ax_cxx_rtti.m4                  ax_prog_yasm_opt.m4
ax_check_aligned_access_required.m4     ax_cxx_rvalue_references.m4             ax_prototype_accept.m4
ax_check_allocated_ctime.m4         ax_cxx_static_cast.m4               ax_prototype_getsockname.m4
ax_check_awk_and.m4             ax_cxx_stlport_hashmap.m4               ax_prototype.m4
ax_check_awk_argind.m4              ax_cxx_template_keyword_qualifier.m4        ax_prototype_setsockopt.m4
ax_check_awk_array_delete_elem.m4       ax_cxx_template_qualified_base_class.m4     ax_pthread.m4
ax_check_awk_array_delete.m4            ax_cxx_template_qualified_return_type.m4        ax_python_config_var.m4
ax_check_awk_array_in.m4            ax_cxx_templates_as_template_arguments.m4       ax_python_devel.m4
ax_check_awk_asorti.m4              ax_cxx_template_scoped_argument_matching.m4     ax_python_embed.m4
ax_check_awk_asort.m4               ax_cxx_templates.m4                 ax_python.m4
ax_check_awk_associative_array.m4       ax_cxx_typename.m4                  ax_python_module.m4
ax_check_awk_atan2.m4               ax_cxx_use_numtrait.m4              ax_python_module_version.m4
ax_check_awk_compl.m4               ax_cxx_var_prettyfunc.m4                ax_recursive_eval.m4
ax_check_awk_conditional_expression.m4      ax_cxx_verbose_terminate_handler.m4         ax_require_defined.m4
ax_check_awk_cos.m4             ax_czmq.m4                      ax_require_one_func.m4
ax_check_awk_environ.m4             ax_decl_wchar_max.m4                ax_restore_flags.m4
ax_check_awk_errno.m4               ax_define_integer_bits.m4               ax_restore_flags_with_prefix.m4
ax_check_awk_exit.m4                ax_define_sub_path.m4               ax_r_package.m4
ax_check_awk_exp.m4             ax_dirname.m4                   ax_rpm_init.m4
ax_check_awk_gensub.m4              ax_dist_msi.m4                  ax_ruby_devel.m4
ax_check_awk_getline.m4             ax_dist_rpm.m4                  ax_ruby_ext.m4
ax_check_awk_gsub.m4                ax_dll_string.m4                    ax_save_flags.m4
ax_check_awk_ignorecase.m4          ax_elisp.m4                     ax_save_flags_with_prefix.m4
ax_check_awk_index.m4               ax_enable_builddir.m4               ax_set_default_paths_system.m4
ax_check_awk_int.m4             ax_execinfo.m4                  ax_short_sleep.m4
ax_check_awk_length.m4              ax_expand_prefix.m4                 ax_silent_mode.m4
ax_check_awk_log.m4             ax_ext_check_header.m4              ax_sip_devel.m4
ax_check_awk_lshift.m4              ax_extend_srcdir.m4                 ax_spec_file.m4
ax_check_awk_match_2parms.m4            ax_ext_have_lib.m4                  ax_spec_package_version.m4
ax_check_awk_match_3parms.m4            ax_ext.m4                       ax_split_version.m4
ax_check_awk_operator_multiply_multiply.m4  ax_extra_dist.m4                    ax_strings_strcasecmp.m4
ax_check_awk_operator_square.m4         ax_f77_cmain_fflags.m4              ax_string_strcasecmp.m4
ax_check_awk_or.m4              ax_f90_header.m4                    ax_struct_semun.m4
ax_check_awk_printf.m4              ax_f90_internal_headmod.m4              ax_subdir_files.m4
ax_check_awk_rand.m4                ax_f90_library.m4                   ax_subdirs_configure.m4
ax_check_awk_rshift.m4              ax_f90_library_setup.m4             ax_subst_with.m4
ax_check_awk_sin.m4             ax_f90_module_extension.m4              ax_swig_enable_cxx.m4
ax_check_awk_split.m4               ax_f90_module_flag.m4               ax_swig_multi_module_support.m4
ax_check_awk_sprintf.m4             ax_f90_module.m4                    ax_swig_python.m4
ax_check_awk_sqrt.m4                ax_fc_check_define.m4               ax_switch_flags.m4
ax_check_awk_srand.m4               ax_file_escapes.m4                  ax_sys_dev_poll.m4
ax_check_awk_strftime.m4            ax_find_hamcrest.m4                 ax_sys_largefile_sensitive.m4
ax_check_awk_strtonum.m4            ax_find_junit.m4                    ax_sys_perlsharpbang.m4
ax_check_awk_sub.m4             ax_find_scala_stdlib.m4             ax_sysv_ipc.m4
ax_check_awk_substr.m4              ax_forceinline.m4                   ax_sys_weak_alias.m4
ax_check_awk_system.m4              ax_func_accept_argtypes.m4              ax_tls.m4
ax_check_awk_systime.m4             ax_func_getopt_long.m4              ax_trilinos_amesos.m4
ax_check_awk_tolower.m4             ax_func_memmove.m4                  ax_trilinos_base.m4
ax_check_awk_toupper.m4             ax_func_mkdir.m4                    ax_trilinos_epetraext_hdf5.m4
ax_check_awk_user_defined_functions.m4      ax_func_posix_memalign.m4               ax_trilinos_epetraext.m4
ax_check_awk_variable_value_pairs.m4        ax_func_snprintf.m4                 ax_trilinos_epetra.m4
ax_check_awk_var_regexp.m4          ax_func_which_gethostbyname_r.m4            ax_trilinos_rtop.m4
ax_check_awk__v.m4              ax_func_which_getservbyname_r.m4            ax_trilinos_rythmos.m4
ax_check_awk__x_escapes.m4          ax_gcc_archflag.m4                  ax_trilinos_teuchos.m4
ax_check_awk_xor.m4             ax_gcc_builtin.m4                   ax_trilinos_thyra_epetraext.m4
ax_check_class.m4               ax_gcc_const_call.m4                ax_trilinos_thyra_epetra.m4
ax_check_classpath.m4               ax_gcc_func_attribute.m4                ax_trilinos_thyra.m4
ax_check_compile_flag.m4            ax_gcc_libgcc_eh.m4                 ax_try_awk_anyout.m4
ax_check_define.m4              ax_gcc_lib.m4                   ax_try_awk_expout.m4
ax_check_docbook_dtd.m4             ax_gcc_libsupcxx.m4                 ax_try_compile_java.m4
ax_check_docbook_xslt.m4            ax_gcc_malloc_call.m4               ax_try_run_java.m4
ax_check_docbook_xslt_min.m4            ax_gcc_var_attribute.m4             ax_type_socklen_t.m4
ax_check_dos_filesys.m4             ax_gcc_warn_unused_result.m4            ax_upload.m4
ax_check_enable_debug.m4            ax_gcc_x86_avx_xgetbv.m4                ax_valgrind_check.m4
ax_check_func_in.m4             ax_gcc_x86_cpuid.m4                 ax_var_pop.m4
ax_check_gd.m4                  ax_gcc_x86_cpu_supports.m4              ax_var_push.m4
ax_check_girs_gjs.m4                ax_generate_changelog.m4                ax_var_timezone_externals.m4
ax_check_gir_symbols_gjs.m4         ax_gnu_autotest.m4                  ax_very_nice.m4
ax_check_gl.m4                  ax_have_adns.m4                 ax_warning_default_aclocaldir.m4
ax_check_glu.m4                 ax_have_epoll.m4                    ax_warning_default_pkgconfig.m4
ax_check_glut.m4                ax_have_poll.m4                 ax_wint_t.m4
ax_check_glx.m4                 ax_have_qt.m4                   ax_with_apxs.m4
ax_check_gnu_make.m4                ax_have_select.m4                   ax_with_build_path.m4
ax_check_icu.m4                 ax_include_strcasecmp.m4                ax_with_curses_extra.m4
ax_check_java_home.m4               ax_install_files.m4                 ax_with_curses.m4
ax_check_java_plugin.m4             ax_int128.m4                    ax_with_dmalloc.m4
ax_check_junit.m4               ax_is_release.m4                    ax_with_mpatrol.m4
ax_check_library.m4             ax_java_check_class.m4              ax_with_prog.m4
ax_check_link_flag.m4               ax_java_options.m4                  ax_xercesc.m4
ax_check_mysql_db.m4                ax_jni_include_dir.m4               ax_xsdcxx.m4
ax_check_mysql.m4               ax_lapack.m4                    ax_xtra_classpath.m4
ax_check_mysqlr.m4              ax_lib_beecrypt.m4                  ax_zmq.m4
ax_check_off64_t.m4             ax_lib_cgal_core.m4                 ax_zoneinfo.m4
ax_check_openssl.m4             ax_lib_crypto.m4                    bison-i18n.m4
ax_check_page_aligned_malloc.m4         ax_lib_curl.m4                  check.m4
ax_check_pathfind.m4                ax_lib_ev.m4                    cmake.m4
ax_check_pathname_style.m4          ax_lib_expat.m4                 expat.m4
ax_check_pcre2.m4               ax_lib_firebird.m4                  fontutil.m4
ax_check_pgsql_db.m4                ax_libgcj_jar.m4                    gettext.m4
ax_check_posix_regcomp.m4           ax_lib_gcrypt.m4                    glib-2.0.m4
ax_check_posix_sysinfo.m4           ax_lib_gdal.m4                  glib-gettext.m4
ax_check_postgres_db.m4             ax_lib_hdf5.m4                  gpg-error.m4
ax_check_preproc_flag.m4            ax_lib_id3.m4                   gpgrt.m4
ax_check_rqrd_class.m4              ax_lib_libkml.m4                    gsettings.m4
ax_check_sign.m4                ax_lib_metis.m4                 gst-element-check-1.0.m4
ax_check_strcspn.m4             ax_lib_mysqlcppconn.m4              gtk-2.0.m4
ax_check_strftime.m4                ax_lib_mysql.m4                 gtk-3.0.m4
ax_check_struct_for.m4              ax_lib_netcdf4.m4                   gtk-doc.m4
ax_check_symbol.m4              ax_lib_nettle.m4                    host-cpu-c-abi.m4
ax_check_sys_siglist.m4             ax_lib_nokalva.m4                   iconv.m4
ax_check_typedef.m4             ax_lib_oracle_occi.m4               intlmacosx.m4
ax_check_uname_syscall.m4           ax_lib_oracle_oci.m4                intltool.m4
ax_check_user.m4                ax_lib_orbit2.m4                    introspection.m4
ax_check_vscript.m4             ax_lib_postgresql.m4                libcurl.m4
ax_check_x86_features.m4            ax_lib_readline.m4                  libFLAC.m4
ax_check_zlib.m4                ax_lib_samtools.m4                  libgcrypt.m4
ax_c_long_long.m4               ax_lib_socket_nsl.m4                lib-ld.m4
ax_code_coverage.m4             ax_lib_sqlite3.m4                   lib-link.m4
ax_compare_version.m4               ax_lib_tabix.m4                 lib-prefix.m4
ax_compile_check_sizeof.m4          ax_lib_taglib.m4                    libtool.m4
ax_compiler_flags_cflags.m4         ax_libtoolize_cflags.m4             libxml2.m4
ax_compiler_flags_cxxflags.m4           ax_lib_trace.m4                 libxslt.m4
ax_compiler_flags_gir.m4            ax_lib_upnp.m4                  ltargz.m4
ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4            ax_lib_wad.m4                   ltdl.m4
ax_compiler_flags.m4                ax_lib_xalan.m4                 lt~obsolete.m4
ax_compiler_vendor.m4               ax_lib_xerces.m4                    ltoptions.m4
ax_compiler_version.m4              ax_lib_xml_security.m4              ltsugar.m4
ax_compute_relative_paths.m4            ax_llvm.m4                      ltversion.m4
ax_compute_standard_relative_paths.m4       ax_lua.m4                       nls.m4
ax_cond_with_level.m4               ax_luarocks_rock.m4                 nspr.m4
ax_config_feature.m4                ax_maintainer_mode_auto_silent.m4           ogg.m4
ax_configure_args.m4                ax_missing_prog.m4                  opus.m4
ax_count_cpus.m4                ax_mpi.m4                       orc.m4
ax_cpu_freq.m4                  ax_mpip.m4                      pkg.m4
ax_cpu_vendor.m4                ax_ms_cpprest.m4                    po.m4
ax_create_generic_config.m4         ax_need_awk.m4                  progtest.m4
ax_create_pkgconfig_info.m4         ax_normalize_path.m4                sdl2.m4
ax_create_stdint_h.m4               ax_not_enable_frame_pointer.m4          sdl.m4
ax_create_target_h.m4               ax_numeric_namedlevel.m4                speex.m4
ax_c_referenceable_passed_va_list.m4        ax_open62541_check_h.m4             vala.m4
ax_c_var_func.m4                ax_open62541_check_lib.m4               vapigen.m4
ax_cvs.m4                   ax_open62541_path.m4                vorbis.m4
ax_cxx_bool.m4                  ax_openmp.m4                    wayland-scanner.m4
ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_0x.m4         ax_patch_libtool_changing_cmds_ifs.m4       wxwin.m4
ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4         ax_path_bdb.m4                  xorg-macros.m4
ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.m4         ax_path_generic.m4                  xorg-server.m4
ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_17.m4         ax_path_lib_pcre.m4                 xtrans.m4

[estatistics]

BUT

/usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9/options.m4:25: _AM_SET_OPTIONS is expanded from...
/usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9/init.m4:26: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:20: the top level

elias@eliasc:~/Downloads/_LINUX_PKGS/cups-filters$ dir /usr/local/share/aclocal
aclocal/     aclocal-1.9/ 
elias@eliasc:~/Downloads/_LINUX_PKGS/cups-filters$ dir /usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9/
amversion.m4  ccstdc.m4  depout.m4   header.m4      lead-dot.m4  maintainer.m4  missing.m4  obsolete.m4  options.m4  regex.m4   strip.m4
as.m4         cond.m4    dmalloc.m4  init.m4        lex.m4   make.m4    mkdirp.m4   obsol-gt.m4  protos.m4   runlog.m4  tar.m4
auxdir.m4     depend.m4  gcj.m4      install-sh.m4  lispdir.m4   minuso.m4  multi.m4    obsol-lt.m4  python.m4   sanity.m4
elias@eliasc:~/Downloads/_LINUX_PKGS/cups-filters$ dir /usr/local/share/aclocal/
glib-2.0.m4  gsettings.m4  libtool.m4  ltdl.m4     ltoptions.m4  ltversion.m4
glib-gettext.m4  gsl.m4        ltargz.m4   lt~obsolete.m4  ltsugar.m4    wxwin.m4
elias@eliasc:~/Downloads/_LINUX_PKGS/cups-filters$ dir /usr/local/share/aclocal/
glib-2.0.m4  gsettings.m4  libtool.m4  ltdl.m4     ltoptions.m4  ltversion.m4
glib-gettext.m4  gsl.m4        ltargz.m4   lt~obsolete.m4  ltsugar.m4    wxwin.m4

i copied all files from /usr/share/aclocal to /usr/local/share/aclocal-1.9/ and /usr/local/share/aclocal/ but nothing changed

[estatistics]

 grep -r AM_SILENT_RULES /usr/share/*
/usr/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4:m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:_AM_IF_OPTION([silent-rules], [AC_REQUIRE([AM_SILENT_RULES])])dnl
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/silent.m4:# AM_SILENT_RULES([DEFAULT])
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/silent.m4:AC_DEFUN([AM_SILENT_RULES],
/usr/share/aclocal-1.16/init.m4:AC_REQUIRE([AM_SILENT_RULES])dnl
/usr/share/aclocal-1.16/silent.m4:# AM_SILENT_RULES([DEFAULT])
/usr/share/aclocal-1.16/silent.m4:AC_DEFUN([AM_SILENT_RULES],
/usr/share/autoconf/autom4te.cfg:args: --preselect AM_SILENT_RULES

[tillkamppeter]

Is gettext installed on your system?

$ grep AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION /usr/share/*/*.m4
/usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4:dnl Usage: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([gettext-version])
/usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4:AC_DEFUN([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION], [])
$ dpkg -S /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
gettext: /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
$

[estatistics]

Is gettext installed on your system?

$ grep AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION /usr/share/*/*.m4
/usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4:dnl Usage: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([gettext-version])
/usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4:AC_DEFUN([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION], [])
$ dpkg -S /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
gettext: /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
$

gettext is already the newest version (0.21-12).
gettext-base is already the newest version (0.21-12).
gettext-doc is already the newest version (0.21-12).
gettext-el is already the newest version (0.21-12).