[Users] config.status: error: cannot find input file: `version.in'

[Sharon Kimble]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:35:37 +0200
Ricardo Mones <ricardo at mones.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:27:23PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:13:41 +0100
> > Sharon Kimble <boudiccas at talktalk.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:08:11 +0200
> > > Ricardo Mones <ricardo at mones.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:56:22AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > > > > When ./configure CM 3.9.2 it fails saying 'config.status:
> > > > > error: cannot find input file: `version.in' '. This is from a
> > > > > git pulldown. What do I have to do to correct this please?
> > > > 
> > > >   Did you run ./autogen.sh before configuring?
> > > 
> > > No, but I will do now
> > > 
> > > Sharon.
> > 
> > autogen.sh failed with this;-
> > ./autogen.sh
> > ./autogen.sh: 79: ./autogen.sh: libtoolize: not found
> > 
> > which isn't listed in the testing repos. any idea where I can
> > obtain it from please?
> 
>   You need the full toolchain to build the git version. In Debian
> systems you can easily get all packages needed to build some other
> package (claws-mail for example) with the command (as root): “apt-get
> build-dep claws-mail”
> 
>   After that install is finished you should be able to
> run ./autogen.sh succesfully in your git cloned dir.
> 
>   regards,

Thanks, autogen worked nicely, as did make. But when I run 'sudo
checkinstall -D' it fails like this;-

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[boudiccas:Mon Jun 10 14:15:14 @~/git/claws]$ [3622]>; sudo
checkinstall -D [sudo] password for boudiccas: 

checkinstall 1.6.2, Copyright 2009 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
           This software is released under the GNU GPL.



*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************

This package will be built according to these values: 

0 -  Maintainer: [ root at london ]
1 -  Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2 ]
2 -  Name:    [ claws ]
3 -  Version: [  ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 -  Source location: [ claws ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Provides: [ claws ]
12 - Conflicts: [  ]
13 - Replaces: [  ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 3
Enter new version: 
>> 3.9.2

This package will be built according to these values: 

0 -  Maintainer: [ root at london ]
1 -  Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.2 ]
2 -  Name:    [ claws ]
3 -  Version: [ 3.9.2 ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 -  Source location: [ claws ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Provides: [ claws ]
12 - Conflicts: [  ]
13 - Replaces: [  ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 

Installing with make install...

========================= Installation results
=========================== Making install in m4
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/boudiccas/git/claws/m4'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/boudiccas/git/claws/m4'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/boudiccas/git/claws/m4'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/boudiccas/git/claws/m4'
Making install in po
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/boudiccas/git/claws/po'
/usr/local/share
make[1]: execvp: /usr/local/share: Permission denied
make[1]: *** [install-data-yes] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/boudiccas/git/claws/po'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

[boudiccas:Mon Jun 10 14:15:44 @~/git/claws]$ [3623]>; 
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I've tried running it as root but its failed with the same error
report. The permissions of /usr/local/ are 'boudiccas:boudiccas'.

Something very obviously isn't right, but what and where am I going
wrong please?

Thanks
Sharon.
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