autoconf

[Ted Ozolins]

I'm trying to install XFCE (cvs) on a COL 3.1.1 system (I believe he has 
updated) however the autogen.sh fails with:

fatal script error. requires autoconf-2.52 or greater, the ver on 3.1.1 is 
2.13-6

Any caveats in upgrading this beast? Its not my system, I'm doing this via 
ssh, that machine is some 30 km from here. I'd hate to flub things up on that 
machine.
TIA
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Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.