http://www.phontron.com/travatar/ Training Guide: http://www.phontron.com/travatar/training-guide.html sudo apt-get install libtool sudo apt-get install shtool sudo apt-get install autogen autoreconf -f -i $ libtoolize --force Consider adding AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4]) to configure.ac and re-run libtoolize --force. $ vim configure.ac $ libtoolize --force $ aclocal $ autoheader $ automake --force-missing --add-missing $ autoconf