Autoconf check for program and fail if not found

Question

I\'m creating a project and using GNU Autoconf tools to do the configuring and making. I\'ve set up all my library checking and header file checking but can\'t seem to figure ou

Answer 1

Try this which is what I just lifted from a project of mine, it looks for something called quantlib-config in the path:

# borrowed from a check for gnome in GNU gretl: def. a check for quantlib-config
AC_DEFUN(AC_PROG_QUANTLIB, [AC_CHECK_PROG(QUANTLIB,quantlib-config,yes)])
AC_PROG_QUANTLIB
if test x"${QUANTLIB}" == x"yes" ; then
    # use quantlib-config for QL settings
    [.... more stuff omitted here ...]
else
    AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install QuantLib before trying to build RQuantLib.])
fi