$ cd osdlyrics
$ autoconf
configure.ac:12: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:27: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
configure.ac:29: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_PYTHON
configure.ac:46: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_ICONV
configure.ac:125: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
configure.ac:159: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT

$ autoreconf -i
configure.ac:159: warning: macro 'AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
sh: 1: test: x-git: unexpected operator
sh: 1: test: x-git: unexpected operator
configure.ac:159: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

$ sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

$ autoreconf -i
no errors anymore

$ ./configure
.. 