./bootstrap: line 6: aclocal: command not found Failed bootstrapping Monit

[Nicolas Canonne]

Trying to install from git (on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS x64 server)

git clone https://[e-mail]/tildeslash/monit.git
Cloning into 'monit'...
remote: Counting objects: 8853, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2525/2525), done.
remote: Total 8853 (delta 6746), reused 8173 (delta 6125)
Receiving objects: 100% (8853/8853), 2.00 MiB | 416 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6746/6746), done.

cd monit
./bootstrap
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `config'.
libtoolize: copying file `config/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
./bootstrap: line 6: aclocal: command not found
Failed bootstrapping Monit

[Tildeslash]

you need to install autoconf and automake

[Nicolas Canonne]

Thanks all went ok after installing automake and autoconf

[Michael Tiernan]

Respectfully, this should be listed in a “Requirements” section of the README to clarify what parts folks will need in order to actually build it.