chintu@linux-e8lx:~> export PATH=/home/chintu/mbe/bin chintu@linux-e8lx:~> cd jhbuild chintu@linux-e8lx:~/jhbuild> ./autogen.sh ./autogen.sh: line 4: dirname: command not found ./autogen.sh: line 15: which: command not found If you want to build documentation, you need to install gnome-common from the GNOME Subversion. chintu@linux-e8lx:~/jhbuild>