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> Hi guys,
>
> I'd like to call QuantLib from Java. I'm following the steps from
>
http://www.skwash.com and I've got errors, probably because the .i files
> do not match the 0.8.1 release.
>
> As Debian does not have a kind of quantlib-swig package, I decided to
> compile from sources, as described:
>
> I compiled/installed the latest boost release.
> I just checked out QuantLib from SVN.
> I installed autoconf, automake and m4 packages.
>
> and then...
>
> $ sh autogen.sh
> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of
> AM_PATH_LIBMCRYPT
> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: run info '(automake)Extending
> aclocal'
> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: or see
>
http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal> configure.ac:63: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation.
> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
>
> Oh well... I'm a complete newbie on autoconf/automake. I followed ...
>
>
http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal>
> ... but it seems to be a steep learning curve.
>
> Does anyone have an idea how to solve the error I've got?
>
> Thank you all in advance for any help.
>