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

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Using debian/squeeze and:

$ apt-cache policy automake automake:  Installed: 1:1.11.1-1
Candidate: 1:1.11.1-1  Version table: *** 1:1.11.1-1 0        500
http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages
200 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
 100 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
   100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Thanks
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Adam Goode <adam at spicenitz.org> wrote:
> 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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>



-- 
Mathieu