I checked and double checked and still had the same error. Since this is peercoin I used its repo and I still get the same error. I can work through this entire document
https://github.com/peercoin/peercoin/blob/master/doc/release-process.txt with no problems up until I get to build the actual executable. Here it wants to use bitcoin, though it didnt state which version to use. To get through this i was Substituting bitcoin for peercoin. Even using peercoin's repo the executable build process fails.
I have posted the same question on peercoin's forum as well and no answer back yet.
** UPDATE ** I was able to move forward after i realized i had rebooted the Ubuntu box and reset the export variables things have begun to build. I will update as time allows.