Unable to configure /build under ubuntu 12

[zenjam]

Having trouble to configure/build on Ubuntu 12

First pass just doing autoconf... reports missing files. Ran autoconf --add-missng but still cant get configure to run.

config.status: error: cannot find input file: `sfcommands/Makefile.in'

configure.ac:19: required file ./config.guess' not found configure.ac:19:automake --add-missing' can install config.guess' configure.ac:19: required file./config.sub' not found configure.ac:19: automake --add-missing' can installconfig.sub' configure.ac:12: required file ./install-sh' not found configure.ac:12:automake --add-missing' can install install-sh' configure.ac:19: required file./ltmain.sh' not found configure.ac:12: required file ./missing' not found configure.ac:12:automake --add-missing' can install missing' docs/Makefile.am:58:%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension docs/Makefile.am:61: %'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension docs/Makefile.am:64:%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension examples/Makefile.am: required file ./depcomp' not found examples/Makefile.am:automake --add-missing' can install `depcomp'

piranha@awsome> ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99 checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking how to print strings... printf checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc -std=gnu99... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for dlltool... no checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n checking for ar... ar checking for archiver @FILE support... @ checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc -std=gnu99 object... ok checking for sysroot... no checking for mt... mt checking if mt is a manifest tool... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc -std=gnu99 PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc -std=gnu99 static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc -std=gnu99 linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64 checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) is GNU ld... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... (cached) GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking fcntl.h usability... yes checking fcntl.h presence... yes checking for fcntl.h... yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no checking for off_t... yes checking for size_t... yes checking for platform specific tests to compile... linux checking for a2x... : checking for asciidoc... : configure: WARNING: Could not find a2x. configure: WARNING: Could not find asciidoc. checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for FLAC... yes configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating audiofile.spec config.status: creating audiofile.pc config.status: creating audiofile-uninstalled.pc config.status: error: cannot find input file: `sfcommands/Makefile.in'