alcohol was a typo from my operating system.
when running autoreconf -i I get this:
autoreconf -i
aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named '
configure.ac', not '
configure.in'
aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
automake: warning: autoconf input should be named '
configure.ac', not '
configure.in'
configure.in:13: installing './compile'
configure.in:7: installing './config.guess'
configure.in:7: installing './config.sub'
configure.in:14: installing './install-sh'
configure.in:105: installing './missing'
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
automake: warning: autoconf input should be named '
configure.ac', not '
configure.in'
ggsn/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
gtp/Makefile.am:1: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
gtp/Makefile.am:1: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
gtp/Makefile.am:1: to '
configure.in' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
gtp/Makefile.am:1: If 'LT_INIT' is in '
configure.in', make sure
gtp/Makefile.am:1: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
lib/Makefile.am:1: error: library used but 'RANLIB' is undefined
lib/Makefile.am:1: The usual way to define 'RANLIB' is to add 'AC_PROG_RANLIB'
lib/Makefile.am:1: to '
configure.in' and run 'autoconf' again.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1