autoreconf and automake

[Neil Blue]

Hello,

I am really new to the autotools and I am trying to setup a project with 
autoconf. I have created a configure.ac script from autoscan and added the 
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro. But when I run:

autoreconf -v -i

it reports that it is not running automake and does not include the install 
files etc.

Please can anyone explain what I am doing wrong.

Thank you
Neil Blue