./configure problem

appasamy · 12-17-2004, 06:01 AM

Hai all,
I am new to Linux and I tried installing pkgconfig package in my RH 9 system .
I typed ./configure on the terminal as told in the 'README'.
But I got the following error:

[root@localhost pkgconfig]# ./configure
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
[root@localhost pkgconfig]# sh ./configure
: command not found:
: command not found:
: command not found5:
'/configure: line 30: syntax error near unexpected token `in
'/configure: line 30: ` case X$UNAME in

In some files they told to adjust 'environment variables'.
When I typed 'env' for environment variables I got the following:

[root@localhost pkgconfig]# env

SSH_AGENT_PID=3468
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
HISTSIZE=1000
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/root/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=23068709
OLDPWD=/usr/local/src
QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.1
USER=root
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36

i=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01

r=01;05;37;41:mi= 01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00 ;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz =00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;3 5:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-XXdKLPFs/agent.3410
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3410
USERNAME=root
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/root
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
PWD=/usr/local/src/pkgconfig
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=GNOME
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
HOME=/root
SHLVL=2
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
BASH_ENV=/root/.bashrc
LOGNAME=root
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority
_=/bin/env

I don't know how to solve this problem. Please help me to get out of this problem.
Need an urgent response from you all.
Best Wishes

T.Appasamy
India

Andrew Benton · 12-17-2004, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by appasamy
: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Is there a file called sh in the folder /bin? If not,
su
password
ln -s bash /bin/sh

Then try again

Oliv' · 12-17-2004, 09:37 AM

Hi,

sometimes this error comes from a bad Line Terminaison... for example when you import an archive from a Windows Filesystem, line Term are not the same. But there's an utilitary called "dos2unix" to solve this

Oliv'