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

[Phil Dobbin <phildobbin@...20...>]

On 10/04/2013 11:15, Martin Lambers wrote:

> 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

OK, will do. I actually bought a copy of "Autoconf, Automake and
Libtool" last night which I've been meaning to read for years so win all
'round ;-)

Thanks, Martin.

Cheers,

  Phil...