The development tools are based on the autoconf and Automake suite.

• The version of Autoconf should be at least 2.5.

• The version of Automake should be at least 1.9.

1.Source installation

It can be downloaded and installed from the url

• http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf

• http://www.gnu.org/software/automake

2.Rpm installation

sudo yum install autoconf automake

3.MacOS installation

sudo fink install autoconf2.5 automake1.9

4.Mingw installation

Instructions to configure and install these tools under MinGW can be found at the following url:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-install