problem installing autoconf

[Supergax]

I'm running FreeBSD 4.2 and am trying to install autoconf 2.50.
I've already installed GNU m4 1.4, it's located in /usr/bin, but when I try to install autoconf I get this:

[/usr/src] Root # ./configure
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for expr... /bin/expr
checking for gm4... missing
checking for gnum4... missing
checking for m4... /usr/bin/m4
checking whether m4 supports frozen files... no
configure: error: GNU m4 1.4 is required

The thing is that the it finds m4, but than it says that it is missing. I have gotten this up and running in OpenBSD a while ago, don't remember what I did to install it but I don't believe I had to do much other than ./configure for m4 than ./configure for autoconf. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Damaged]

My friend the FreeBSD expert says:

download ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports.tar.gz.. then, have him untar that in /usr using tar xzvf ~username/ports.tar.gz. Have him cd to /usr before untarring. Then cd into /usr/ports/devel/autoconf and run make install. That will install anything needed to compile autoconf so he doesnt have to worry about it.

There 'ya go.

 

[Supergax]

Worked great, I forgot about trying the ports collection

 

[Damaged]

No problem. Glad to help.