./reconf.sh fails with: *** Program 'libtool' not found ***

[Peter Flanagan]

Hi,

    I’m running global version 5.7.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 at home.  I tried to upgrade to version 6.6.4.  I forgot how I installed it originally, and when I went to the gnu.org/software/global/download.html page, I saw the instructions:

   

sh reconf.sh

./configure

make

 

When I ran ./reconf.sh in the distribution directory it said it couldn’t find several packages, but

I was able to install them all except for: libtool

 

When I tried:

   sudo apt-get install libtool

It told me it was already installed.  I googled and saw someone said to get the

executable, I should do:

    sudo apt-get install libtool-bin

 

That install worked, but when I run ./reconfig.sh

I got a lot of:

     Libtoolize:  error: linking …

Errors.

 

Then (sorry) I read the INSTALL file and tried:

  ./configure

Which ended with:

 

config.status: creating libparser/Makefile

config.status: creating plugin-factory/Makefile

config.status: creating plugin-factory/pygments_parser.py

config.status: creating libltdl/Makefile

config.status: creating config.h

config.status: executing depfiles commands

config.status: executing libtool commands

sed: can't read ./ltmain.sh: No such file or directory

mv: cannot stat 'libtoolT': No such file or directory

cp: cannot stat 'libtoolT': No such file or directory

chmod: cannot access 'libtool': No such file or directory

 

I really like the tool and have even given a little talk about how to use it with Vim. But I clearly don’t have much understanding of Linux installation.  Thank you for any help or suggestions!

Best Wishes,

     \ Peter