This gives some notes on obtaining the tools required for development.
I.E. the tools checked for by the bootstrap script and include:

- Autoconf  <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/> - version 2.63   or higher
- Automake  <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/> - version 1.11.1 or higher
- Gettext   <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>  - version 0.18   or higher
- libtool   <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/>  - version 1.5.22 or higher. 
  It is preferred to use the libtool 2.2.x family.

Note please try to install/build official packages for your system.
If these programs are not available refer to the above site for
instruction for installing it.
