automake error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found
I am new in autotools, and following this tutorial. but I could not solve this errors,
$ automake
configure.ac: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
..
Makefile.am: error: required file './depcomp' not found
..
/usr/share/automake-1.12/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
..
/usr/share/automake-1.12/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
..
my configure.ac file is
# -*- Autoconf -*-
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
AC_INIT([FULL-PACKAGE-NAME], [VERSION], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello,1.0)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
AM_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
# Checks for programs.
AC_PROG_CC
# Checks for libraries.
# Checks for header files.
AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])
# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
# Checks for library functions.
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday])
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT
I checked for solution on Internet, my configure.ac looks fine, don't know what is wrong with it.
Answer
Where did you copy&paste your configure.ac from? Whatever that site is, you should remove it from your bookmarks!
You are mixing the new AC_INIT way to indicate the package version, with the old AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE way to do the same thing. Don't do both. (Old and new refer to a switch that occurred 10 years ago.) Starting with Automake 1.13 the old way to call AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE with two arguments is no-longuer supported.
In your case, removing the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE arguments, and correctly setting the AC_INIT arguement to reflect the name and version of your project should be enough.
See the automake manual for an up-to-date example of very simple configure.ac to start with.
Instead of calling automake yourself, just use autoreconf -vfi so that it runs all the relevant tools in the right order, and installs the missing files.