{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/google/protobuf/issues/945","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/google/protobuf/issues/945/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/google/protobuf/issues/945/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/google/protobuf/issues/945/events","html_url":"https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/945","id":115248203,"number":945,"title":"Cannot build and install: Missing configure","user":{"login":"synaptron","id":7388325,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7388325?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron","html_url":"https://github.com/synaptron","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-11-05T09:57:49Z","updated_at":"2015-11-05T11:05:13Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hello,\r\n\r\nI need to build protobuf and I'm trying to do exactly what the INSTALL doc says. But I'm stuck on the first step:\r\n\r\n\"1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type `./configure' to configure the package for your system.\"\r\n\r\nThis does not work for me:\r\n$ ./configure\r\nbash: ./configure: No such file or directory\r\n\r\nAs far as I can see, there is no file named \"configure\" in the entire repository:\r\n$ find . -name \"configure\"\r\n$\r\n(found nothing)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/google/protobuf/issues/comments/154031404","html_url":"https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/945#issuecomment-154031404","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/google/protobuf/issues/945","id":154031404,"user":{"login":"synaptron","id":7388325,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7388325?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron","html_url":"https://github.com/synaptron","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/synaptron/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-05T11:05:13Z","updated_at":"2015-11-05T11:05:13Z","body":"Noticed that the INSTALL doc also mentions the \"autoconf\" program which should actually create the configure script (nevertheless the INSTALL document does not say that it is required to run it).\r\n\r\nSo I tried to run autoconf:\r\n\r\n$ autoconf \r\nconfigure.ac:17: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE\r\n      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.\r\n      See the Autoconf documentation.\r\nconfigure.ac:43: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE\r\nconfigure.ac:61: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL\r\nconfigure.ac:87: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL\r\nconfigure.ac:155: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CXX_STL_HASH\r\n\r\n\r\nNow the configure is there. However it still does not work:\r\n\r\n$ ./configure \r\n./configure: line 2170: syntax error near unexpected token `enable'\r\n./configure: line 2170: `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE(enable)'\r\n"}}