build fails on Ubuntu 12.04: "automake" and "autoconf" needed

[manthony121]

I followed the instructions for downloading and building couchdb on my computer running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It fails with the message: Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory.... Looking through the log, there were references to "automake" and "autoconf" not being installed, but with reassurance that you only need it if you modified certain files, such as "configure.ac". I ran "sudo apt-get install autoconf perl automake m4". "perl" and "m4" were already present, but "autoconf" and "automake" had to be installed. Once those were installed, the build completed without error.

"automake" and "autoconf" should be added to the list of prerequisite packages for building on Ubuntu 12.04

[skinofstars]

Thanks. Please can we get these added to the readme?