Missing autoconf/automake in Xcode 4.3?

Solution 1:

For what it is worth- (and others stumbling onto this problem like I did) in the latest XCode (4.6, 4.5 and friends) autoconf is not even available in the command line tools.

I have manually installed just autoconf and a few friends, but still have trouble with some of the automake-ish software out there.

See http://jsdelfino.blogspot.com/2012/08/autoconf-and-automake-on-mac-os-x.html for a how-to to manually install.

Solution 2:

They moved them in 4.3 into a separate download afaik.

Try install the command line tools via Settings -> download.

Solution 3:

I am running Mountain Lion and have XCode 4.5.2 installed. I have installed autoconf using MacPorts:

sudo port install autoconf

I have not tried but I am sure that sudo brew install autoconf should also work for those that prefer Homebrew.