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I wanted to learn about autotools, so I just started watching some tutorials on YouTube.

I made a folder named hello and then made a configure.ac file:

AC_INIT([hello],[.01])
AC_OUTPUT

I saved it and then ran autoreconf -i. Obviously, this didn't work the first time because it was not installed. Then I installed autoconf by the command sudo apt-get install autoconf2.13.

Now after this I again ran autoreconf -i, but now I am getting the error as show below: 

Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf2.50 line 196.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf2.50 line 196.
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  • I just checked my hello folder , it created the configure and the autom4te.cache but still , when running autoreconf -i it is showing these two lines of error , will there be any problems in future , what are these errors ? – abkds Mar 7 '14 at 8:00
  • Instead of au→reconf−iautoreconf -i if i do au→conf−iautoconf -i , then it is not showing any error . what are the difference b/w autoreconf and autoconf command – abkds Mar 7 '14 at 8:06
  • When you have an error message which refers to a program that appears to be missing, like libtoolize here, you can try apt-file search filename and replace filename with what you have and it'll tell you what package you need to install. – user44370 Mar 7 '14 at 8:12
  • @illuminE that sure is handy information will remember that for future – abkds Mar 7 '14 at 8:17
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    sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool worked for me - I would up vote it but I don't have the reputation to do so – kris Oct 14 '14 at 5:27
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You should do sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool

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  • Just tried it , but stil showing the same error – abkds Mar 7 '14 at 8:02
  • @TrafalgarLaw Could you also try out sudo apt-get install libtool. I'm not sure if it's included in build-essential. – UVV Mar 7 '14 at 8:05
  • Thanks man , you were right it worked :) ! libtool is not in build-essential – abkds Mar 7 '14 at 8:09
  • specially apt-get install libtool for the binary libtoolize – m3nda Jul 15 '16 at 4:53
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Try this..

sudo apt-get install automake autoconf libtool autoreconf -i

This worked for me.

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