Index: /bootstrap
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--- /bootstrap	(revision 9695)
+++ /bootstrap	(revision 9736)
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#! /bin/bash
+
+fail=0
+if [ ! -x `which aclocal` ]; then
+    echo "aclocal is missing, please install automake (e.g., sudo apt-get install automake)"
+    fail=1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x `which libtoolize` ]; then
+    echo "libtoolize is missing, please install libtool (e.g., sudo apt-get install libtool)"
+    fail=1
+fi
+
+if [ $fail -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "Stopped."
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+echo "Running autotools..."
 
 aclocal \
@@ -6,2 +24,9 @@
 && automake -a --foreign --add-missing \
 && autoreconf
+
+echo "Done."
+echo "Now type:"
+echo "> ./configure"
+echo "> make"
+echo "> make install"
+