Some observations about one attempt to install DoxyPress on Linux

DoxyPress-installation-woes.md

Tested on Ubuntu 18.10

1. Cloned copperspice/doxypress

2. README has no instructions on how to build and instead sends me to DoxyPress docs: https://www.copperspice.com/docs/doxypress/build-doxypress.html

   • Six major dependencies are presented

     • They don't differentiate between DoxyPress and DoxyPressApp
     • #5 claims that I need automake or CMake. This doesn't appear to be the case (*).
     • Two links further and I get to this terrifying list of required libs

3. Follow link for "Building CopperSpice for Unix" (shouldn't that be Linux?)

   • unusual clone command: git clone [email protected]:copperspice/copperspice cs

   • autoreconf -f step fails because I don't have automake installed (*).

     Command 'autoreconf' not found, but can be installed with:

     sudo apt install autoconf

   • So I install automake: sudo apt install automake

   • Then I try again: autoreconf -f

     Makefile.am:17: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined Makefile.am:17: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT' Makefile.am:17: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again. Makefile.am:17: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure Makefile.am:17: its definition is in aclocal's search path. Makefile.am: installing 'autotools/build-aux/depcomp' src/webkit/Makefile.am:17: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined src/webkit/Makefile.am:17: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT' src/webkit/Makefile.am:17: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again. src/webkit/Makefile.am:17: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure src/webkit/Makefile.am:17: its definition is in aclocal's search path. autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

   • At this point I'm expected to understand how autoconf works which sounds a lot worse than learning how to wrangle Doxygen

Thans for making this very clear, I will do what I can to make it better