Questions and Answers

Q. Why do `make` and/or `./configure` fail?

A. Running ./configure or make on a cloned repository often fails with an error such as:

WARNING: 'automake-1.xx' is missing on your system

If touching aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in does not resolve the problem, then run autotools before configure:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make && sudo make install

If autotools is not available, then try downloading a distribution archive, whose build system has fewer external dependencies.