[GiNaC-list] [SOLVED, almost] problem installing GiNaC from CVS (Ubuntu Feisty Faun)

Hi, I post this here, since this might be useful for Ubuntu users. On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 02:06:15PM +0000, Alexander Baker wrote:

bakera@treebeard:~/inglethorpe/ginac/GiNaC$ automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6

The problem was an ancient version of automake. Although GiNaC checks for the version of automake (and autoconf), apparently some very old versions of automake ignore this check, hence the problem. Installing required version of automake (>= 1.7, as specified in the INSTALL file) fixes the problem. Best regards, Alexei -- All science is either physics or stamp collecting.