Error with install: autoreconf fails to run aclocal

[Enviy]

This is on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6). The initial issue was an install error with "pip install thug" the error was for the pylibemu dependency. I wasn't sure if there was a better place to report this error or seek assistance. Can someone please advise on how I might be able to fix this error? Thanks in advance!

Steps taken:
sudo git clone --recursive https://github.com/buffer/pylibemu.git
sudo python setup.py install

Output (Error):

running install
running build
running build_clib
running 'autoreconf -v -i -f' for library 'emu'
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --output=aclocal.m4t
Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 326.
autoreconf: failed to run aclocal: No such file or directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 244, in
libraries = ["emu"]
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/install.py", line 573, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/build.py", line 127, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 971, in run_command
cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 109, in ensure_finalized
self.finalize_options()
File "setup.py", line 88, in finalize_options
check_call(['autoreconf', '-v', '-i', '-f'], cwd = build_info['local_source'], env = env)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 540, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['autoreconf', '-v', '-i', '-f']' returned non-zero exit status 1

[buffer]

Sorry for the late reply. I totally missed the issue. Apparently you're missing aclocal. aclocal is part of GNU's automake set of tools. You should be able to simply run 'brew install automake' to add it to your path. Let me know if that solves your issue

[wesinator]

Had a similar issue on Ubuntu - running apt install autoconf libtool seemed to fix it.

[ericyoungberg]

For me, I had to install automake instead of autoconf on Ubuntu 18.04.

[lijiaocn]

install automake, for centos, command is : yum install -y automake

[Enviy]

I apologize for the crazy delayed response. The error ended up being that I was really trying to get it to run on Python 3.7. There are a few dependencies which aren't supported on more recent versions of Python.

[jakesylvestre]

automake worked for me

[sirnicolas21]

(raspberry)
sudo apt install automake

[jrihak]

Fedora 31 + Python 3.7.6:
sudo dnf install automake libtool

[cumteayum]

Automake for Arch Linux works !
sudo pacman -S libtool automake
Have a good day 👍

[evandorn]

If anyone runs into this on an M1 mac install automake via brew install also fixed it for me