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From: Malcolm 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Automake 1.9 on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06
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Zvd=d2t)uHB/O wrote:

> On 2007-02-22, none <""> wrote:
> > My instructions concerns Ubuntu 6.10, NOT Ubuntu 6.06.
> > Sorry for that.
> >
> > Anyway, --reinstall automake1.9.
> 
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, it did not work for me.
> After running apt-get with --reinstall, I got the following output:
> 
> Preparing to replace automake1.9 1.9.6-1 (using
> .../automake1.9_1.9.6-1_all.deb) ...
> 
> 
> Unpacking replacement automake1.9 ...
> Setting up automake1.9 (1.9.6-1) ...
> 
> ktneely@piglet:~/News$ automake --version
> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6
> 
> 
> So, it still appears to be 1.4 when run with --version, and does not
> understand the '-h' switch.  I suppose I could download a tarball and
> compile the program myself, but I like the fact that this server has
> been so stable (a prolonged power outage is the only reason it has not
> been up for 260 days straight) and attribute a good part of that to me
> not mucking about beyond the contrib repositories.
> 
> I do not know enough about automake, but it confuses me that it says
> 1.9 is installed, and the system only presents 1.4.  Until now, I
> never had a problem with it and did not touch it.
> 
> K
> 
> 
Hi
If you look in /usr/bin there is an automake and and automake-1.9?
If there is remove the softlink automake and create a new softlink
ln -s /usr/bin/automake-1.9 /usr/bin/automake

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