[CentOS] Need versions of automake and autoconf not in repository

Mon Sep 10 21:11:21 UTC 2012
Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com>

Am 10.09.2012 um 22:39 schrieb John J. Boyer:
> I have the latest updates to CentOS 5.6. However, I need different 
> versions of autoconf and automake. How can this be handled? What will 
> happen on later updates? Currently I have
> 
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
> automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6
> 
> I need
> 
> autoconf 2.69-1 and automake 1.11.6.


Hi John, 

i think you have to build them manually and install them separately (e. g. /usr/local/bin).

The configure script of your code should find them (via PATH).

Regards

LF