tools/extras/check_dependencies.sh libtool issues about kaldi HOT 4 CLOSED

In debian-jessie the libtool package has been split. So an additional package has to be installed to get the libtool binary. The package libtool-bin has to be added to tools/check_dependencies.sh script.
(Reference: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=761791)

I will add modify tools/check_dependencies.sh to do a debian version dependent package check.

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Everything in tools/ builds without libtool-bin being installed, by the way. None of the configure scripts need the libtool binary directly (as the bug you linked to said, it is rare for it to be necessary). If you're already special-casing Debian I would suggest looking for libtoolize instead.

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Thanks.
I'm checking in a fix for the check_dependencies.sh and the Makefile.
I am checking if 'libtoolize' exists and asking for the 'libtool' package
to be installed if not.
I hate autotools.

@jtrmal: I notice when experimenting with extras/install_irstlm.sh that
'readlink -f' does not work on a mac. Perhaps you could just use the $pwd
as-is if that command fails, via an || statement? You might want to see in
what other scripts 'readlink -f' is used.

Dan

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM, dwks [email protected] wrote:

Everything in tools/ builds without libtool-bin being installed, by the
way. None of the configure scripts need the libtool binary directly (as the
bug you linked to said, it is rare for it to be necessary). If you're
already special-casing Debian I would suggest looking for libtoolize
instead.

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After another glance at this, it seems this issue was resolved by Dan -- and I resolved the readlink issue later, so I'm closing it.

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