where is the "configure" executable

[gnoochi]

i hv a copy of Star Office (i don't know which version) with extension .bin

i am assuming that since it is in its .bin form it is all ready to be installed. i grabbed the file online a few months ago, and i can't remember how i unziped it, but i obvously did since its a .bin file

anyway, i'm trying to run the

./configure so_<version>.bin

command, but it says "configure not found"

i checked the /bin and /sbin directory, and i can't find "configure" in there. where can i find the "configure" executable?

and dose the .bin file have to be in the same directory of the "configure" exec. when i run the above command.

thanks

[gnoochi]

oops..
i meant the command should be

./confgure


w or w/o the --prefix option.

[hugs_to_tux]

see, when u download an application it usually in the .tar.gz or rpm forms.so i guess the problem here is with the downloaded fileitself and not with configure.this configure file comes with the application and is specifically different for ever application and it comes as a part of the package it self.
so check with the file itself.configure here i guess is not the problem.
regds,
saurabh.

[scanez]

Yes, .bin files are already to be installed. Just make it executable

chmod a+x filename.bin

and run it

./filename.bin

Have fun
SC