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

Stumbled here while looking for this issue, I should note that if you want to have your program just looked in pathm a runtime test is enough:

if ! which programname >/dev/null ; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing programname]
fi