How to point autoconf/automake to non-standard packages

Question

I\'m trying to build ZooKeeper on a RedHat Linux box. (Exactly what ZooKeeper is is probably not important :-)

When I follow the package instructions, I get:

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Answer 1

You want to set the environment variable ACLOCAL_PATH.

ACLOCAL_PATH="/home/YOU/path/to/share/aclocal" autoreconf -if

To figure out what directory you need to point ACLOCAL_PATH at, you'll have to find the directory that contains the .m4 file that defines AM_PATH_CPPUNIT.