Re: ./reconf.sh fails with: *** Program 'libtool' not found ***

Hello,
Ubuntu seems to have global-6.6.3 package already.
[https://packages.ubuntu.com/eoan/global]
How about using it?

Please use the help mailing list ([email protected]) when you need help.
Thank you in advance

Regards,
Shigio

2020年5月5日(火) 10:20 Peter Flanagan <[email protected]>:
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> Hi,
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>     I’m running global version 5.7.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 at home.  I tried to upgrade to version 6.6.4.  I forgot how I installed it originally, and when I went to the gnu.org/software/global/download.html page, I saw the instructions:
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> sh reconf.sh
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> ./configure
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> make
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> When I ran ./reconf.sh in the distribution directory it said it couldn’t find several packages, but
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> I was able to install them all except for: libtool
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> When I tried:
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>    sudo apt-get install libtool
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> It told me it was already installed.  I googled and saw someone said to get the
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> executable, I should do:
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>     sudo apt-get install libtool-bin
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> That install worked, but when I run ./reconfig.sh
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> I got a lot of:
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>      Libtoolize:  error: linking …
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> Errors.
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> Then (sorry) I read the INSTALL file and tried:
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>   ./configure
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> Which ended with:
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> config.status: creating libparser/Makefile
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> config.status: creating plugin-factory/Makefile
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> config.status: creating plugin-factory/pygments_parser.py
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> config.status: creating libltdl/Makefile
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> config.status: creating config.h
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> config.status: executing depfiles commands
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> config.status: executing libtool commands
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> sed: can't read ./ltmain.sh: No such file or directory
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> mv: cannot stat 'libtoolT': No such file or directory
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> cp: cannot stat 'libtoolT': No such file or directory
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> chmod: cannot access 'libtool': No such file or directory
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> I really like the tool and have even given a little talk about how to use it with Vim. But I clearly don’t have much understanding of Linux installation.  Thank you for any help or suggestions!
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> Best Wishes,
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>      \ Peter



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