CODEWITHSUNDEEP
tcllibtool
user3679622
user3679622

Reputation: 23

configure: error: libtool configure failed

I gave ./configure in tclreadline for tclreadline2.1.0 and got this error

loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes    
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized

checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for Cygwin environment... (cached) no
checking for mingw32 environment... (cached) no
checking for executable suffix... (cached) no
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized

checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
checking for ld used by GCC... (cached) /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... (cached) yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... (cached) /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized

configure: error: libtool configure failed

Please suggest what to done to compile properly Thanks for the help in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 8412

Answers (2)

Vladimir Panteleev
Vladimir Panteleev

Reputation: 25187

Found the answer here. To get old configure scripts working, you can update the config.sub file:

curl 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD' > config.sub

This will replace the config.sub script with the latest version.

Upvotes: 8

Brett Hale
Brett Hale

Reputation: 22348

The package looks like it hasn't been maintained in a long time. Consequently, the autotools used to build the configure script and auxiliary files probably aren't even aware of x86-64.

Assuming you have the autotools installed - autoconf, automake, libtool, etc. - you could try running autoreconf -ivf, and then attempting ./configure again. You'll probably get a lot of warnings about out-of-date macros, etc. But it might work.

Upvotes: 1

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