From: Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...>
Date: 2010-09-29T11:53:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Installation Error

On 09/28/2010 08:06 PM, Tridib Bandopadhyay wrote:
> I have downloaded the file autoconf-2.60 as it was asking for update 
> version of it.I will be very grateful if any one can guide me through 
> the detailed steps of how to build the autoconf-2.60 inside the ruby 
> directory.

I'm not sure you can build autoconf within the ruby source directory if
that's what you're asking about.  However, autoconf should include
instructions within its sources for how to build and install it.
Extract the autoconf sources somewhere and look into the root of the
extraction tree for either an INSTALL or a README file.  One or both of
those should include the information you need to start the build process.

> I am very much getting confused.Also i need to compile the ruby within 3
> days.
> 
> So if any one can help I will be thankful to you.

I looked back through this thread, and I can't figure out why you
decided to run autoconf yourself in the first place.  The autoconf
package is used to build the configure script which you ran successfully
during your first build attempt.

I can appreciate your urgency, but maybe it's time to reboot this thread
and provide more details about what you're doing and why you're doing it:

1) What exact Linux distribution and version are you running?
2) Why are you trying to build ruby for yourself rather than use one
provided by your Linux distribution?
3) Where did you get the ruby sources you tried to compile?
4) What was the literal error returned to you when you ran "make test"?
5) Why did you run autoconf after encountering a test failure?

-Jeremy