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   From: Malcolm    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Automake 1.9 on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06   
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   Zvd=d2t)uHB/O wrote:   
      
   > On 2007-02-22, none <""> wrote:   
   > > My instructions concerns Ubuntu 6.10, NOT Ubuntu 6.06.   
   > > Sorry for that.   
   > >   
   > > Anyway, --reinstall automake1.9.   
   >    
   >    
   > Thank you for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, it did not work for me.   
   > After running apt-get with --reinstall, I got the following output:   
   >    
   > Preparing to replace automake1.9 1.9.6-1 (using   
   > .../automake1.9_1.9.6-1_all.deb) ...   
   >    
   >    
   > Unpacking replacement automake1.9 ...   
   > Setting up automake1.9 (1.9.6-1) ...   
   >    
   > ktneely@piglet:~/News$ automake --version   
   > automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6   
   >    
   >    
   > So, it still appears to be 1.4 when run with --version, and does not   
   > understand the '-h' switch.  I suppose I could download a tarball and   
   > compile the program myself, but I like the fact that this server has   
   > been so stable (a prolonged power outage is the only reason it has not   
   > been up for 260 days straight) and attribute a good part of that to me   
   > not mucking about beyond the contrib repositories.   
   >    
   > I do not know enough about automake, but it confuses me that it says   
   > 1.9 is installed, and the system only presents 1.4.  Until now, I   
   > never had a problem with it and did not touch it.   
   >    
   > K   
   >    
   >    
   Hi   
   If you look in /usr/bin there is an automake and and automake-1.9?   
   If there is remove the softlink automake and create a new softlink   
   ln -s /usr/bin/automake-1.9 /usr/bin/automake   
      
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