On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Hi all, > > I've compiled the new links that supports Javascript and it seems to work > fine. > Well, I have a question about compiling, or better said, about Linux in > general. > > I've seen that I should give the command ./configure but I don't understand > where is that configure file. > > Can you tell me? > > It is not in the current directory. There is no configure directory in the > current one. > And there is no configure file or directory in the root directory either. ./ before any command means in the current working directory, as this is often not in the default path. In the case you mention, there is usually a script called configure in the top-level directory of whatever package you are trying to compile, but reading the file INSTALL (note, it's all in capitals), will give you all the steps you need, both a quick start and more in depth, in case you have problems or want a slightly non-standard compile. HTH -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
