Debian 11: syntax error near unexpected token 0.19.8 during configure

[Will Brokenbourgh]

When attempting to configure the latest code from git as of 2022-03-23, the following error is displayed:

  ./configure: line 6000: syntax error near unexpected token `0.19.8'
  ./configure: line 6000: `AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.19.8)'

This is on Debian 11 amd64 with autotools and gettext installed.

autogen.sh was run before configure and any missing software packages indicated by error messages were installed.

[Daniele Napolitano (dnax88)]

The git version it's very unstable at the moment!

Try installing the intltool package and let me know if fixes this error.

[Will Brokenbourgh (willbproggin)]

> Try installing the intltool package and let me know if fixes this error.

Thank you. Yes, this solved the problem. Maybe autogen.sh and / or configure can check for intltool and warn the user if it's missing?

Thank you again! :-)