when I ./bootstrap, I get automake 2.5 or higher needed. I have 2.61. I had to change the egrep in the bootstrap file to:
$AUTOCONF --version 2>&1|head -n 1|egrep '1.[0-9]|2.[0-4]'
here is autoconf --version output:
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.