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+cd /tmp
+mkdir fix_automake
+cd fix_automake
+wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.9.tar.gz
+tar -zxvf automake-1.9.tar.gz
+cd automake-1.9
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+make
+make install
+cd /tmp
+rm -fr fix_automake
+