[newbie] ./configure error

[root]

i am trying to install some programs i have downloaded but every time i use
./congiure i e9ither get the error file not found or error can not  guess host
type you must specify one  what is this error why am i getting it and what can
i do to fix it 

Re: [newbie] ./configure error

[Lane Lester]

 i am trying to install some programs i have downloaded but every time i
use
 ../congiure i e9ither get the error file not found or error can not 
guess
 host
 type you must specify one  what is this error why am i getting it and
what
 can
 i do to fix it 
 
Do you type it as you did in the Subject or as you did in your message?  If
the latter, that would explain why it didn't work. There should be one dot
and one dash before "configure."
-- 
Lane
 
Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
Using Linux to get where I want to go...

[newbie] ./configure error

[root]

i type it exactly like this ./configure