I commented out

# AC_CACHE_CHECK([for __thread support], ac_cv_tls, [dnl
# # Use the same flags that we use for our DSOs, so the test is representative.
# # Some old compiler/linker/libc combinations fail some ways and not others.
# save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
# save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
# CFLAGS="-fpic $CFLAGS"
# LDFLAGS="-shared -Wl,-z,defs,-z,relro $LDFLAGS"
# AC_LINK_IFELSE([dnl
# AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#undef __thread
# static __thread int a; int foo (int b) { return a + b; }]],
#               [[exit (foo (0));]])],
#              ac_cv_tls=yes, ac_cv_tls=no)
# CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
# LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"])
# AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_tls" != xyes],
#       AC_MSG_ERROR([__thread support required]))
#

Then re-generate the configure with

autoconf

Finally, workaround this problem

you need to install linix headers generic by:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-generic

I see you already have downloaded the realtek wifi drivers make sure you are in the right directory and run this to install them:

cd rtlwifi_new
sudo dkms add ../rtlwifi_new
sudo dkms build rtlwifi-new/0.6 
sudo dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6
sudo modprobe -v rtl8723de ant_sel=2

Congrats you have running wifi.

Save the config with this command:

sudo /bin/sh -c 'echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" >> /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf'

Restart.

Details here:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Wireless-and-Networking/Realtek-8723DE-wifi-module-amp-Bluetooth-Linux-driver/td-p/6477307

The autotools suite is a framework of scripts and tools to automate the settings and the compilation of a software package virtually on any type of system (in theory).

It is quite complex.

Usually, the first phase of it is to configure the build-system in order to check that everything that you need to compile the software is present on your system and, also, to know where it is (and in what version it is present).

Then, the build-system (based on Makefiles) is configured and ready to go.

You seems to stop at the configure phase because on some error internal to the configure script.

Note that the command you ran, previous to the configure script, are usually for developpers, they are probably needed because of the cross-compilation.

Finally, the error message seems to stop at the detection of the zip library (the script has the choice between the list display, as zip is a standard algorithm, it can just pick one of the lib, but it seems that it is not happy with the script it find).

I cannot tell much more as you did not specified more about your distribution and the context in which you are working.