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autotools(autoconf, automake) for Mac OS X cella 2019 Branchable 0 12641
  

https://superuser.com/questions/383580/how-to-install-autoconf-automake-and-related-tools-on-mac-os-x-from-source

Install Homebrew and just install the autoconf, automake and libtool packages like this:

$ brew install autoconf automake libtool