warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library

[cbalano]

I am trying to compile FreeTDS 1.0 on Alpine Linux 3.6.2. There is already a freetds package installable via "apk add", but it lacks Kerberos support, which I absolutely need.

I installed all packages described in INSTALL.GIT, plus gettext 0.19.8.1-r1. Still, when I execute autogen.sh, I get the erros below. Any idea why this might be?

/root/freetds# ./autogen.sh
running /usr/bin/autoreconf in /root/freetds:
configure.ac:123: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
configure.ac:97: error: required file './compile' not found
configure.ac:97: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'compile'
configure.ac:69: error: required file './config.guess' not found
configure.ac:69: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'config.guess'
configure.ac:69: error: required file './config.sub' not found
configure.ac:69: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'config.sub'
configure.ac:18: error: required file './install-sh' not found
configure.ac:18: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'install-sh'
configure.ac:18: error: required file './missing' not found
configure.ac:18: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'missing'
src/apps/Makefile.am: error: required file './depcomp' not found
src/apps/Makefile.am: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'depcomp'
parallel-tests: error: required file './test-driver' not found
parallel-tests: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'test-driver'
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
configure.ac:123: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
configure.ac:123: warning: macro 'AM_ICONV' not found in library
configure.ac:123: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_ICONV
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

[freddy77]

The missing AM_ICONV macro means you need some additional package in your environment.
The missing files should be installed automatically by the script.
You can easily download a new package with all you need from ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/ (1.00.77 is the last version as today).

[belegnar]

For debian-like distros run
# apt install -y gettext

[hobbsenigma]

I had gettext installed, but needed gettext-devel on redhat.

[sayrilkun]

this works for me!