autogen problem

[bkaangorur]

Hello, I am trying to build SPRAL in Windows under MSYS2. I need to compile it with g++ instead of MSVC, because my existing code can be compiled in g++. So, I could install the dependencies, METIS and hwloc, without any problem. However, when I try to run autogen.sh script of SPRAL, I am getting the following error and cannot go on.

$ ./autogen.sh
autoreconf export WARNINGS=
autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 274.
autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1

After I searched for similar errors in StackOverflow and similar platforms, I reinstalled some of the required tools including autoconf, automake and libtool. However, I cannot figure it out. Is there any problem with MSYS2 or installation process?

Thanks in advance.

[jfowkes]

I think the easiest thing to do here would be to run ./autogen.sh on a Linux machine (or even under WSL) and copy the files generated by autogen over to your Windows system. Quite why we don't just ship with the necessary build files pre-generated like everyone else I don't know.

[bkaangorur]

I think the easiest thing to do here would be to run ./autogen.sh on a Linux machine (or even under WSL) and copy the files generated by autogen over to your Windows system. Quite why we don't just ship with the necessary build files pre-generated like everyone else I don't know.

Thank you very much, it worked! As you have said, I generated the files in Linux and continued in Windows.