FAQ:Compiling 06

I'm getting an error "autoheader: not found" - what's wrong?

This usually appears when compiling the current development source version, obtained via CVS. Unfortunately, the timestamps on some of the configure files are such that make assumes (mistakenly) that the configure script needs to be re-generated. A similar problem may arise relating to 'autoconf'.

In both cases, this can be corrected by running the command "make -k touchit" before attempting to make the main package.

   FAQ:Compiling
   

1. How do I control the environment used to compile the software?
2. How do I control the environment used to compile the software under Windows?
3. Why does the compilation complain about missing libraries?
4. How can I reduce the memory footprint?
5. How can I reduce the installation footprint or speed up compilation?
6. How can I compile the project for use on an embedded system?
7. How can I compile the project to use static linking?
8. Why does 'make test' skip various tests?
9. Why does 'make test' complain about a pid file?