{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779/events","html_url":"https://github.com/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779","id":154637831,"number":779,"title":"libspatialindex install fails: aclocal not found","user":{"login":"tkarna","id":7586775,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7586775?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna","html_url":"https://github.com/tkarna","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tkarna/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/labels/installation","name":"installation","color":"fbca04"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-05-13T05:39:41Z","updated_at":"2016-05-13T11:08:50Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Running `firedrake-update` on Ubuntu 15.10 dies with:\r\n\r\n```\r\nRunning aclocal\r\n./autogen.sh: 37: ./autogen.sh: aclocal: not found\r\n\r\n  Something went wrong, giving up!\r\n\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"../bin/firedrake-update\", line 970, in <module>\r\n    build_and_install_libspatialindex()\r\n  File \"../bin/firedrake-update\", line 607, in build_and_install_libspatialindex\r\n    check_call([\"./autogen.sh\"])\r\n  File \"../bin/firedrake-update\", line 205, in check_call\r\n    subprocess.check_call(arguments, env=env)\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py\", line 540, in check_call\r\n    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)\r\nsubprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['./autogen.sh']' returned non-zero exit status 1\r\n```\r\n\r\nInstalling\r\n```\r\nsudo apt-get install automake\r\n```\r\nseems to resolve the issue."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/comments/219014883","html_url":"https://github.com/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779#issuecomment-219014883","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/firedrakeproject/firedrake/issues/779","id":219014883,"user":{"login":"miklos1","id":4210841,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4210841?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1","html_url":"https://github.com/miklos1","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/miklos1/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-13T11:08:50Z","updated_at":"2016-05-13T11:08:50Z","body":"I have tried putting `configure` in the repository and skipping `./autogen.sh`, but `configure` somehow still wants to call `aclocal`. Even worse, in that case `configure` tried to call a specific version of `aclocal` which causes failure on Travis, while the `./autogen.sh` + `./configure` just works on Travis.\r\n\r\nUnless someone knows better how to drive autotools, I suggest we just swallow it and document the dependency on `automake`."}}