"autoreconf: not found" error during making qemu-1.4.0

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I was ./configure'd the qemu-1.4.0 and during make it cause:

(cd /home/amin/Simulate/qemu-1.4.0/pixman; autoreconf -v --install)
/bin/sh: 1: autoreconf: not found
make: *** [/home/amin/Simulate/qemu-1.4.0/pixman/configure] Error 127

Now, I can't find how to pass this error.

Thanks.

this exact question came up at a hackathon I went to a few months ago. It was useful not just online. idk, im feeling nostalgic. — j0h, Jul 19 '20 at 03:18

score 219 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 07 '14 at 07:32

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I just had this problem myself, and the solution I found in reading the autoconf manual which states autoreconf runs autoconf which I did not have installed.

sudo apt-get install autoconf

and the autogen script I am using now works.

edited Jul 07 '14 at 07:32

Joel Sjögren

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answered Jul 02 '14 at 14:42

j0h

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I've been surprised how many folks this has helped. I was at a hacker conference last week, where I met a kid with this exact question, and this same solution. unbelievable. – j0h Jun 27 '23 at 15:10

score 108 · Answer 2 · edited May 05 '23 at 11:33

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Try installing autoconf package.

sudo apt-get install autoconf

edited May 05 '23 at 11:33

fafrd

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answered Mar 18 '13 at 08:48

user2060386

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All you need it `autoreconf`, `dh-*` packages are only needed when using debhelper (for packaging `.deb`s) – Lekensteyn Mar 18 '13 at 09:32
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in 13.04 it seems to be `sudo apt-get install autoconf` (without the "re") – einSelbst Sep 29 '13 at 20:11
@einSelbst Thanks a lot! Your comment is very useful for 13.04 :D – Blaze Tama Oct 17 '13 at 09:26
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`autoconf` in 14.04 also ! – Z. Zlatev Aug 03 '16 at 10:01
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Can confirm this works in 16.04 – Odyssee Nov 02 '17 at 19:39
`autoconf` in Debian 9.x "stretch" also ! – Pieter Ennes Jan 23 '18 at 14:05
In Ubuntu 20.04, should install `dh-autoreconf` : `sudo apt install dh-autoreconf` – Farbod Ahmadian Sep 24 '20 at 14:00

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 14 '15 at 09:18

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I used to search for package first:

# apt-cache search autoreconf
   autoconf2.13 - automatic configure script builder (obsolete version)
   dh-autoreconf - debhelper add-on to call autoreconf and clean up after the build

Then install what I need:

# apt-get install dh-autoreconf

answered Sep 14 '15 at 09:18

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Actually, you need both autoconf and then , in case you do not have both of em'. – soufrk Aug 18 '16 at 08:02
soufrk, any details ? Here is guide: http://qemu-buch.de/de/index.php?title=QEMU-KVM-Buch/_QEMU%2BKVM_unter_Linux , nothing about necessity to install autoconf – Yuriy Vasylenko Aug 18 '16 at 15:31
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This should be the answer. – Huan Aug 29 '19 at 03:34

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