Re: [msmtp-users] Compiling msmtp on CentOS 6.3 server

[Martin Lambers <marlam@...23...>]

Hi!

On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:03:21 +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 10/04/2013 05:36, Martin Lambers wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:39:47 +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> >> I'm attempting to compile the latest msmtp from the git repo on
> >> Sourceforge on CentOS 6.3 64-bit server.
> >>
> >> When I run `autoconf' I get:
> >>
> >> `$ autoconf
> >> configure.ac:34: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
> >> If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> >> m4_pattern_allow See the Autoconf documentation.
> >> configure.ac:35: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_SILENT_RULES
> >> configure.ac:45: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
> >> configure.ac:117: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL`
> > 
> > I'm afraid the automake version is too old on CentOS 6.3. Maybe
> > autoconf, too. For AM_GNU_GETTEXT, you also need the gettext
> > package.
> > 
> > Currently the only difference between msmtp-1.4.30 and the git repo
> > is a new version of the msmtpq scripts, so it might be easier to
> > just use 1.4.30?
> 
> I was struggling to find an rpm for it for CentOS but in the end
> managed to procure msmtp-1.4.23-1.el6.src.rpm. That looks quite old
> so if you have a link to any newer repo for msmtp on CentOS 6, I'd be
> much obliged.

Can't you download the 1.4.30 release, and build that? Releases don't
need autoconf etc; the configure script already exists:

$ tar xjvf msmtp-1.4.30.tar.bz2
$ cd msmtp-1.4.30
$ ./configure; make; make install

Regards,
Martin