Error on compiling Rack V 2.1.2 on WIndows - fixed 07/08/22

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I did a fresh clone from git and got the following error on make dep

Makefile.am:7: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
Makefile.am:7:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
Makefile.am:7:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
Makefile.am:7:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
Makefile.am:7:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
Makefile.am: installing 'config/depcomp'
parallel-tests: installing 'config/test-driver'
autoreconf-2.71: error: automake failed with exit status: 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:201: lib/librtmidi.a] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/Birgit/Rack/dep'
make: *** [Makefile:101: dep] Error 2

Any suggestions?

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So I could run make dep after running

pacman -Su libtool

Therefore on VCV Manual - Building the part for preparing on Windows should be extende by libtool to look like this:

pacman -Su git wget make tar unzip zip mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake autoconf automake mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool mingw-w64-x86_64-jq python zstd libtool

I already sent a mail to the VCV support about this issue.

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Yeah, had this issue with a previous version as well. There’s another thread on here if you search for libtool I believe.

Would be really great to get the documentation updated.

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They don’t want to make it too easy.

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Bug was filed, manual was updated 15 days ago:

From the manual: pacman -Su git wget make tar unzip zip mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake autoconf automake libtool mingw-w64-x86_64-jq python zstd

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