1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 | $ cat /etc/*release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS" ... $ 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 .. |