./config Doesn't work
 

Hi!

I managed to install Mandrake linux 10. Everything went smooth. But now I am having a little problem.

I needed a program like open ssh. After downloading I tried to install that program via kde, setup->packet control->install program and so on. (I am not sure about those names because of using finnish language version) Anyvay I installed that with "install program" wizard (?) without any problems. I have understand that it isn't enoug to run and use the program. It has to be configured in Terminal program. Well I surfed on some sites and found the folloving commands to be used in terminal program.

first to the directory
-->$ cd /where/it/is
then
-->$ ./configure or ./config
But here is the PROBLEM, after hitting the enter follows the next line
-->$ bash: ./configure: no such file or directory

So what Iam doing wrong? please write something to solve this.


Thank You!

You need to install the developement packages.

You can't tell whether the devel packages are installed or not from the information he's given you. ./configure is a script often provided with program source code, but is not essential and is sometimes not provided at all. Do not mistake that for Make which is a program, rather than a script, and is part of the development packages. configure is just a script (./configure means you're executing it in the current directory) and is not a program in the system like Make or gcc.

In short, the program you're trying to create may not use the autotools and may therefore not have a configure script. There should be a README or INSTALL file included though, try reading that...it may be that you just need to edit the Makefile and type 'make'. If typing 'make' produces bash: command not found, then you indeed do not have the development packages installed.