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Re: ./configure : no such file or directory


On Aug 20 22:03, Tim Prince wrote:
> noPartition wrote:
>> hi everyone , I'm new to the forum , please don't rank me out :)
>>  I'm having trouble with part of the GNU toolchain , specifically
>> 'configure' . I've installed the relevant packages , ie diffutils , but I
>> still get the error titling this message . 
> Most gnu packages come with their own configure script, and, if there's 
> anything out of the ordinary, their own build instructions.
> If you are following the usual procedure, you run configure in an empty 
> directory, so you must designate the path to the appropriate configure 
> script.

Or, unbelievable as it may be, there is no configure script yet, just a
configure.in or configure.ac script.  That's what autoconf is for.


Corinna

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