docs: add note about autogen.sh to install guide

OSGeo · Jan 23, 2020 · ef20438 · ef20438
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@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ If another path prefix is required, then execute::
 In either case, the directory of the prefix path must exist and be writable by
 the installer.
 
+If you are building from the git repository you have to first run::
+
+    ./autogen.sh
+
+which will generate a configure script that can be used as described above.
+
 Before proceeding with the installation we need to add the datum grids. Unzip
 the contents of the *proj-datumgrid* package into ``data/``::