sorry to be confusing.  The first time i installed, it finished successfully but that's when I couldn't get any of the commands to work with the "no such file or directory error".  That's when I read the comment about missing the automake command and I decided to re-initialize the VPS and start over with a fresh install.

This time around, it seems like the compiler stops at "libbitcoin_server_a-init.o" and on the VPS monitor it says my CPU is at 100% usage, seems frozen.

edit: no matter how many times I try to now, it won't get past that line.