configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."

[abhinavsingh]

Following the instructions from read me file:

git clone --recursive -b osxfuse-2 git://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse.git osxfuse
./build.sh -t dist

leads me into the following errors. I do have shtool installed.

/Users/abhinavsingh/Dev/osxfuse/kext/build/Release/osxfusefs.fs/Contents/Info.plist:19:12: warning: trigraph ignored [-Wtrigraphs]
        <string>????</string>
                  ^
1 warning generated.

=== BUILD AGGREGATE TARGET All OF PROJECT osxfusefs WITH CONFIGURATION Release ===

Check dependencies

** BUILD SUCCEEDED **

OSXFUSEBuildTool(smalldist)   : building user-space OSXFUSE library
Running libtoolize...
Running autoreconf...
aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
configure.in:82: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
glibtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
glibtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.in and
glibtoolize: rerunning glibtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.
glibtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
configure.in:82: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
configure.in:82: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_ICONV
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
Linking kernel header file...
To compile run './configure', and then 'make'.
configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."
OSXFUSEBuildTool(smalldist) failed: cannot configure OSXFUSE library source for compilation.

I have automake, autoconf, libtool packages installed via brew and my system have no MacPorts (yet). Not sure if that should be a factor while building from source.

[bfleischer]

When using homebrew instead of MacPorts you need to install the following formulas:

• autoconf
• automake
• gettext
• libtool

The missing AM_ICONV should be provided by gettext.

[jonas-schulze]

Following

git clone --recursive -b master git://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse.git osxfuse
./build.sh -v 5 -t distribution

I get this

[...]
T:library            | Build target for OS X 10.9
Running libtoolize...
Running autoreconf...
configure.ac:76: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
glibtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
glibtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:76: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
configure.ac:76: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_ICONV
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
To compile run './configure', and then 'make'.
configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."
T:library            | Failed to configure target

I use homebrew, too.
My system contains

• OS X 10.9.4
• ntfs-3g 2014.2.15
• autoconf 2.69
• automake 1.14.1
• gettext 0.18.3.2
• libtool 2.4.2

I don't know whether it's important, but when I brew link gettext I get

Warning: gettext is keg-only and must be linked with --force
Note that doing so can interfere with building software.

[andykingking]

@Ecofritze I was having the same issue, and force linking gettext solved this.

[hallelujah]

Using homebrew too and having the issue.

Solved with: brew link gettext --force