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   Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:27:34 +0100   
   From: none <""moma\"@(none)">   
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   Subject: Re: Automake 1.9 on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06   
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   My instructions concerns Ubuntu 6.10, NOT Ubuntu 6.06.   
   Sorry for that.   
      
   Anyway, --reinstall automake1.9.   
      
   none wrote:   
   > The easiest way to make you machine to use automake1.9 is to --reinsall it.   
   >    
   > $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall automake1.9   
   > ---------   
   > You can also fix it manually (if you already have automake1.9 installed)   
   >    
   > Notice that /usr/bin/automake points (is sym-linked) to    
   > /etc/alternatives/automake.   
   >    
   > $ ls -l  /usr/bin/automake   
   > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2006-11-01 14:20 /usr/bin/automake ->    
   > /etc/alternatives/automake   
   >    
   > And /etc/alternatives/automake is sym-linked to /usr/bin/automake-1.9   
   > $ ls -l  /etc/alternatives/automake   
   > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2007-01-01 10:23 /etc/alternatives/automake ->    
   > /usr/bin/automake-1.9   
   >    
   > So you simply re-create the correct links:   
   > $ sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/automake /etc/alternatives/automake   
   > $ sudo ln -sf /etc/alternatives/automake  /usr/bin/automake1.9   
   >    
   >    
   > // moma   
   >    http://www.futuredesktop.org <-- more abbout buntu.   
   >    
   > Kevin T. Neely wrote:   
   >> On my ubuntu Dapper box, I am trying to compile something that   
   >> requires automake 1.9.  It looks for option '-f'.  On my system, if I   
   >> run /usr/bin/automake --version, I get automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6   
   >>   
   >> However, when I run aptitude, I see automake 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9.  There   
   >> is an 'i' next to automake1.9, indicating it is installed.   
   >>   
   >> Can someone explain this discrepancy?  I am not sure how to reconcile   
   >> this and get the machine running 1.9 and understand the -f option.   
   >>   
   >> thanks,   
   >> K   
   >>   
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