./configure: line 2039: syntax error near unexpected token `foreign'

[Adam Goode]

What version of automake are you using? You'll need 1.11.1 at least.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:34, Mathieu Malaterre
<mathieu.malaterre at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I am trying to compile openslide directly from github. According to
> README one need run ./configure. Since this file is not shipped, I ran
> autoconf first. But now I am getting the following error:
>
> ./configure: line 2039: syntax error near unexpected token `foreign'
> ./configure: line 2039: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign subdir-objects
> 1.11.1 dist-xz)'
>
>
>  Has anyone tried compiling openslide from github ?
>
> Thanks much
> --
> Mathieu
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