$ automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.16.2 Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Tom Tromey and Alexandre Duret-Lutz . $ autoconf --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later , This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. $ libtool --version libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.6 Written by Gordon Matzigkeit, 1996 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ autoreconf -i -I m4 configure.ac:98: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library configure.ac:99: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library configure.ac:150: warning: macro 'AM_LANGINFO_CODESET' not found in library libtoolize: You should add the contents of the following files to 'aclocal.m4': libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4' libtoolize: Consider adding 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])' to configure.ac, libtoolize: and rerunning libtoolize and aclocal. libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. libtoolize: You should add the contents of the following files to 'aclocal.m4': libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4' libtoolize: '/usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4' libtoolize: Consider adding 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])' to configure.ac, libtoolize: and rerunning libtoolize and aclocal. libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. configure.ac:98: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library configure.ac:99: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library configure.ac:150: warning: macro 'AM_LANGINFO_CODESET' not found in library srclib/Makefile.gnulib:82: error: GL_GENERATE_ALLOCA_H does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:152: error: GL_GENERATE_ERRNO_H does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:299: error: GL_GENERATE_LIMITS_H does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:408: error: RELOCATABLE_VIA_WRAPPER does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:580: error: GL_GENERATE_STDBOOL_H does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:603: error: GL_GENERATE_STDDEF_H does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:634: error: GL_GENERATE_STDINT_H does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here srclib/Makefile.gnulib:1398: error: LIBUNISTRING_COMPILE_UNIWIDTH_WIDTH does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL srclib/Makefile.am:30: 'srclib/Makefile.gnulib' included from here autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1