Problem building xboard 4.4.0 on Ubuntu 9.04-amd64

[P. Villanueva]

I'm new to linux and am trying to bulid xboard on my machine. I downloaded the package and followed the instructions:

This is my xboard folder

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paul@paul-laptop:~/xboard-4.4.0$ ls
AUTHORS       configure.ac      lists.c        README          xedittags.h
autogen.sh    COPYING           lists.h        readme_HGM.txt  xengineoutput.c
backend.c     COPYRIGHT         Makefile.am    readme.htm      xgamelist.c
backend.h     copyright.texi    mkinstalldirs  shiphtml        xgamelist.h
backendz.h    engine-intf.html  moves.c        shogibitmaps    xhistory.c
bitmaps       FAQ.html          moves.h        sounds          xhistory.h
book.c        frontend.h        NEWS           texi2man        xoptions.c
ChangeLog     gamelist.c        parser.h       ToDo            zic2xpm.c
childio.c     gettext.h         parser.l       uci.c           zic2xpm.man
childio.h     gpl.texinfo       pgntags.c      xboard.c        zippy.c
cmail.in      ics-parsing.txt   pixmaps        xboard.h        zippy.h
common.h      INSTALL           po             xboard.texi     zippy.lines
config.rpath  install-sh        pxboard        xedittags.c     zippy.README

This is what i try:

First step:

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paul@paul-laptop:~/xboard-4.4.0$ ./autogen.sh
configure.ac:158: installing `./config.guess'
configure.ac:158: installing `./config.sub'
configure.ac:32: installing `./missing'
Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
configure.ac: installing `./ylwrap'
Makefile.am:14: installing `./mdate-sh'
Makefile.am:14: installing `./texinfo.tex'

Second step:

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paul@paul-laptop:~/xboard-4.4.0$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for library containing strerror... none required
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for flex... no
checking for lex... no
checking for remsh... no
checking for rsh... rsh
checking for makeinfo... no
[b][u]Please install "makeinfo"[/u][/b]

Third step:

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paul@paul-laptop:~/xboard-4.4.0$ make
make: *** No se especificó ningún objetivo y no se encontró ningún makefile.  Alto.

Could anyone help me? What is that "makeinfo" missing?
Thanks in advance.

[jshriver]

Run this in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install texinfo

Enter your root password and it will install the missing package.
If you're not shell savvy you can also do this from Synaptic.

Click System->Administrator->Synaptic Package Manager
Enter your password,

Type "texinfo" in the quick search then install.

Hope this helps, I had the same problem trying to build it.

-Josh

[P. Villanueva]

Thanks, that was the problem.