automake error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found

I am new in autotools, and following this tutorial. but I could not solve this errors,

   $ automake
   configure.ac: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
   ..
   Makefile.am: error: required file './depcomp' not found
   ..
   /usr/share/automake-1.12/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  ..
  /usr/share/automake-1.12/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  ..

my configure.ac file is

   # -*- Autoconf -*-
   # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.

   AC_PREREQ([2.69])
   AC_INIT([FULL-PACKAGE-NAME], [VERSION], [BUG-REPORT-ADDRESS])
   AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello,1.0)
   AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
   AM_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)

   # Checks for programs.
   AC_PROG_CC

   # Checks for libraries.

   # Checks for header files.
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])

   # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.

   # Checks for library functions.
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday])

   AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
   AC_OUTPUT

I checked for solution on Internet, my configure.ac looks fine, don't know what is wrong with it.

Solution

You have to fix it line by line.

First, your Makefile.am required depcomp. So, you have to copy it to your folder (for this step you can run automake --add-missing so as to add missing files automatically):

cp -a /usr/share/automake-X.XX/depcomp .

Second, you have to run aclocal prior to automake:

$ aclocal

Finally, you can run automake:

$ automake
$ autoconf