Lost ./configure

[Dirk]

I'm compiling software and after tarring, cd'ing to the directory and ./configuring, I'm told"bash: ./configure : no such file or directory. What is it telling me? Thanks

[MBMarduk]

Could be you got exactly the same prob as me for the first time 6 hours ago. Now you need sh*t called "autoconf" and "automake".
If you have automake installed (it's on my SuSE install-CD) it's got a manpage. I got autoconf also but afaik I can't "man autoconf".
It concerns "makefile.am", "makefile.in", "configure.am", "configure.in" files (or a combination of'em) in the dir where you untarred. I couldn't get it to work but I did a "search LNO" for autoconf and automake here and read the manpage and realized the alpha-software I wanted to compile wasn't worth it. So...good luck if it's something you really want.
-Mike

P.S. Is "Diggler" your last name?

[This message has been edited by MBMarduk (edited 12 January 2001).]

[Dirk]

Dirk was given to me in 1951 at birth.

[MrNewbie]

Why don't you read the README or INSTALL Files of the untarred program? You don't ALWAYS need a ./configure file.

[Dirk]

Thanks