Autoconf and Libtool are Gnu utilities that automate the building and
installation of software libraries and executables. They abstract
platform differences and provide a toolkit of macros and shell scripts
that solve platform interoperability issues.

Building slp_client library requires Autoconf and Libtool. However,
these tools are licensed under the Gnu Public License and therefore
they are not included in the Pegasus CVS repository. 

You need to obtain Autoconf and Libtool and install them on your
platform prior to rebuilding the slp_client library. Most Unix
platforms have versions of Autoconf and Libtool
pre-installed. However, you should still update your platform to the
latest versions. 


Obtaining Autoconf
====================

The following web page contains information on downloading and using
Autoconf:

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

Obtaining Libtool
=================

The following web page contains information on downloading and using
Libtool:

 http://www.gnu.org/directory/libtool.html

Autoconf Manual
===============

There is an up-to-date Autoconf manual at:

http://www.gnu.org/manual/autoconf/html_mono/autoconf.html


Online Book on Autoconf and Libtool
====================================

You may be interested in a book on Autoconf, Automake (another Gnu
tool), and Libtool that was published commercially and is now
available on-line:

http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/

This book is out of date but nevertheless contains a lot of very
useful information about using Autoconf and Libtool.