configure: cannot find install-sh, install.sh or shtool

[sugitime]

If the following error is encountered during ./configure:

configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in build "."/build

Run the commands:
(Ubuntu)
sudo apt-get install automake autoconf libtool

Then rerun ./configure, make all, make install

[andreycpp]

The problem won't go away by just installing automake/autoconf/libtool. One also needs to run 'autoreconf -i' before rerunning ./configure - it will install the missing files that ./configure is complaining about.

[Shawnxm]

@andreycpp I encountered the similar question. I solved it with your advice. Thanks.

autoreconf -i

[shmu26]

+1

[oladimeji-abdul]

thank you so much

[imhokoon]

autoreconf -i
thank you so much!

[TATAyu0413]

autoreconf: 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in' is required
I hava the new problem. What could be wrong?

[benbenolson]

@TATAyu0413 Exactly what the error says. When you run autoreconf -i, you need to be in a directory that has either a configure.ac or configure.in file, to be used as input to autoconf.

[ameypatil29]

aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
above error resloved by using automake --add-missing command

[thecriticalpoint]

autoreconf -i
thank you so much!

black magic.

[NahlaFadl92]

I have the configure.ac file but when I run autoreconf -I it gives me this message
autoreconf: failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory

any ideas?

[sbond75]

I have the configure.ac file but when I run autoreconf -I it gives me this message autoreconf: failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory

any ideas?

Try installing automake