> From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Sjors Gielen > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:21 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: New Cygwin install and "configure: command not > found" installing other packages <snip> > That's because when you type 'configure', it searches for a file with > that name in your $PATH, i.e. in /bin, /usr/bin, but not in the local > directory (.). `sh` is in /bin/sh, and it searches in the current > directory, so `sh configure` works. However, it's better to run: > > ./configure > > as then you explicitly say "I want to run configure in this > directory". > > > > > The file "configure" is NOT something that I created but > was supplied with > > the packages. Two packages that have had this same problem > are "from > > reliable" sites. For example: > > http://gmplib.org/ > > http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html > > > > We know. Configure is a standard program that prepares compilation. > > Sjors
I would swear that I had used "./" and not ".\" but, apparently, I hadn't because (of course) now it works with the correct command. Thanks for the explanation (that made be retry it). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/