No ./configure in github - need to run autoconf?

[tseemann]

The INSTALL says to run ./configure but there is no script. There was no autogen.sh either, so I ran autoconf and it did create the configure script with a few warnings (Ubuntu 12 server):

% autoconf
configure.ac:3: 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:10: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
configure.ac:21: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_PYTHON
configure.ac:23: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN

[AidanDelaney]

Yes. You should run "autoreconf -i". The source is distributed in maintainer mode, rather than developer mode. We probably should have an autogen.sh or, at least, fix the documentation.

[tseemann]

Thanks @AidanDelaney . Not sure I'll ever fully understand autotools!

[martinghunt]

Just an extra comment on this using Ubuntu, in case others run into the same problem. The second error above:

configure.ac:10: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
      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

means that libtool needs to be installed:

apt-get install libtool

[summerban]

sorry,this method doesn't work for me ,i had tried all the method above

[andrewjpage]

Which of the supported installation methods did you use?
https://github.com/sanger-pathogens/gubbins/blob/master/INSTALL.md

[shardator]

Please fix this, and put configure in the source tree. Impossible to run autoconf w/o errors.

[NaughtyCatRun]

@AidanDelaney Thanks, It works for me. But first, it throw the error below:
configure.ac:119: error: Autoconf version 2.64 or higher is required

So, I upgrade autoconfig to 2.69, then everything is OK

[DuGu9Nue]

someone can help me...
configure.ac:178: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.

[nickjcroucher]

This problem suggests you need to install pkg-config, based on DanBloomberg/leptonica#334.

[chegJH]

For someone ends here by googling

      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.

Try this first apt install pkg-config m4 libtool automake autoconf