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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Installation script to build the autotools toolchain.
+# Christoph Niethammer <christoph.niethammer@web.de> (C) 2011
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+export ORIGDIR=`pwd`
+export SIT_DIR=$(dirname "$ORIGDIR/$0")
+echo $SIT_DIR
+
+export SRC_POOL=${HOME}/src
+export WORKDIR=${HOME}/work
+
+PREFIX=$HOME/bin/local
+MAKEOPTS="-j4"
+
+
+
+module load compiler/gnu/4.5
+
+M4_VERSION=1.4.15
+BISON_VERSION=2.4.2
+LIBTOOL_VERSION=2.2.10
+AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.65
+AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.11.1
+
+function sit_fail() {
+	msg=$0
+	echo "$msg"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function sit_unpack() {
+	if [ ! -e ${SRC_POOL}/${A} ]
+	then
+		sit_fail "${SRC_POOL}/${A} doesn't exist"
+	fi 
+	case "${A##*.}" in
+    	bz2)
+       	 	tar xfjv ${SRC_POOL}/${A} || sit_fail
+       		;;
+    	gz|tgz)
+        	tar xfzv ${SRC_POOL}/${A} || sit_fail
+        	;;
+		xz)
+			tar xfJv ${SRC_POOL}/${A} || sit_fail
+			;;
+    	*)
+        	sit_fail "Archive format not recogized"
+        	;;
+	esac
+}
+
+function sit_configure() {
+	cd ${BUILDDIR=}
+	${SRCDIR}/configure --prefix=$PREFIX
+}
+
+function sit_build() {
+	make $MAKEOPTS
+}
+
+function sit_install() {
+	make install
+}
+
+function sit_auto_install() {
+	if [ -d ${WORKDIR} ]
+	then
+		rm -rf ${WORKDIR}
+	fi
+	mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}
+	mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR}
+	cd ${WORKDIR}
+	sit_unpack
+	sit_configure
+	sit_build
+	sit_install
+}
+
+
+# install m4
+P=m4-${M4_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.bz2
+export SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+export BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
+sit_auto_install
+
+
+# install bison
+P=bison-${BISON_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.bz2
+export SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+export BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
+sit_auto_install
+
+# install libtool
+P=libtool-${LIBTOOL_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.gz
+export SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+export BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
+sit_auto_install
+
+# install autoconf 
+P=autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.gz
+export SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+export BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
+sit_auto_install
+
+# install automake
+P=automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}
+A=${P}.tar.bz2
+export SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
+export BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
+sit_auto_install
+
+exit 0