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GPP, a generic preprocessor
https://logological.org/gpp
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Improving INSTALL instructions on recompiling ./configure #17

Closed mofosyne closed 6 years ago

mofosyne commented 7 years ago

Had lots of difficulties with getting .configure to run. Managed to finally compile via these keywords

aclocal
autoheader
automake --force-missing --add-missing
autoconf
./configure
make
./src/gpp --version

Solution was found in https://askubuntu.com/questions/27677/cannot-find-install-sh-install-sh-or-shtool-in-ac-aux

Perhaps the INSTALL instructions could note these extra lines for those having issues with ./configure in ubuntu at least.

p.s. Btw, should a windows binary be compiled as well? Had difficulties getting the windows C build system going with mingw.

mofosyne commented 7 years ago
logological commented 6 years ago

This issue results from a misunderstanding of how projects using GNU Build System are packaged. If you just want to compile, install, and use GPP, then please use the packaged source releases, which do not require you to run the Autotools (and don't even require Autotools to be installed on your system). Invoking the Autotools commands is necessary only if you want to clone the source repository and do development work.

logological commented 6 years ago

Since your report referenced a Stack Exchange question, you might want to look at this edifying Stack Overflow post and its associated comments.