On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 01:17:39AM +0200, Bernd Warken wrote: > > I would improve your install commands a bit into: > > test -d old && rm -rf old > test -d groff && mv groff old > git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/groff.git > cd groff > git checkout automake2 > ./bootstrap > mkdir build > cd build > ../configure > make -j > > Bernd Warken
To make this work on my ubuntu 12.04 LTS „Precise Pangolin“ system I had to apt-get install autoconf automake libtool texinfo bison flex and then to install automake 1.12.2 from source, as the version 1.11.3 that came with apt-get install autoconf was rejected as too old. Cheers, ulrich
