Install instructions in the README are incorrect about httperf

[holdenweb]

Very disappointed to see this issue unaddressed in two years. Please don't assume that everyone who comes to a project will be fully au fait with trends in Unix development. I just wanted to do some performance testing and ended up in a minor yak-shave. If I have time I'll create a PR for the docs.

[MathynMovin]

Any update on this? I want to build the library but I don't know enough about autoconf to get it to build.

[quyenlv]

Firstly, you have to run autoreconf to generate the configure file.
$ cd SRCDIR/
$ autoreconf -i

It may has an error about m4 directory. In that case, you have to create a m4 directory and run this command again.
$ mkdir -f SRCDIR/m4

[adonespitogo]

I was able to generate the configure file using autoreconf -i. But when I tried to execute the configure file using ./configure, there is an error Permission denied even though I run it with sudo ./configure.

[holdenweb]

Now faced with configure.ac:21: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL followed by a message that I should read the autoconf documentation. I don't think this is the tool I'm looking for - or at least I will look for something easier to build before tangling further with it.

[erikarn]

hi! Sorry, life involved a new job, a new house, getting married and having a baby. open source has to take a side break for a while. :-)

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[holdenweb]

That stuff will happen to you. I hope it's all enjoyable!

[jayesh-rao]

the following worked for me:

1. we need to generate the "configure" script
   libtoolize --force (install libtool)
   aclocal
   autoheader
   automake --force-missing --add-missing
   autoconf
   ./configure

mkdir build; cd build
make
make install

[erikarn]

hm! lemme update the docs

[erikarn]

There, fixed README.md