Sure. (: If more problems pop up, we might need the advice of a mac user, but at this level I can help.
Whenever you're using the terminal, you're operating within a particular directory. You've started off in your home directory, and you need to execute those commands from within in the dvipng directory. Specifically, you need to be in the directory where the "configure" file resides. Either that, or you need to specify how to get to that directory from where you're presently at. We'll go with the second option, if you want to learn how to navigate via the command line you can look up the "ls" and "cd" commands. When you open up terminal, you're in your user directory. Let's suppose that "configure" is in the "dvipng" directory, which is in your "downloads" directory, which is in your user directory. Then you'd type "./downloads/dvipng/configure &" without the quotes, or whatever commands it tells you, but replacing "./" with "./downloads/ dvipng/". If there is no "./" in the command it tells you, then you don't need to specify a directory: "./" means "this directory", so if the command doesn't have it it's directory independent. If it's still telling you that the file doesn't exist, and you can't figure it out from the examples above, try looking into "ls" and "cd". And if you can't quite figure that out, I'd be glad to help some more. Cheers, Joe On Oct 11, 1:56 pm, "G." <[email protected]> wrote: > I just opened the terminal (literally, the app called "terminal" & > made the following attempts: > > " > Last login: Sat Oct 10 14:01:45 on ttys000 > dhcp226006:~ rasul$ ./configure options > -bash: ./configure: No such file or directory > dhcp226006:~ rasul$ ./configure --help > -bash: ./configure: No such file or directory > dhcp226006:~ rasul$ configure --help > -bash: configure: command not found > dhcp226006:~ rasul$ autoconf > -bash: autoconf: command not found > dhcp226006:~ rasul$ > " > > the dvipng download is currently in my downloads folder, a subfolder > of my user account. I really don't know what i'm doing, as I've never > installed like this before & suspect it *is* a basic problem. > > Thank you very much for trying to help, let me know if there's any > additional info I can provided to make it easier. > > Best, > > - Abel > > On Oct 11, 4:25 pm, Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Are you in the proper directory when you type "./configure &"? What > > does the terminal respond with when you do? > > > I'm not a mac person, but depending on your experience level it might > > be an easy fix. (: > > > --Joe > > > On Oct 10, 11:50 pm, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't have access to a Mac, so someone else on this forum has to help > > > you, > > > I'm afraid... > > > > Peter > > > > On Saturday 10 October 2009 08:16:15 pm G. wrote: > > > > > Hi - > > > > > I've been running mneosyne successfully for some time now & wanted to > > > > start making use of the Latex function. > > > > > I'm working on a Mac and generally use TexShop for LaTex projects. I'm > > > > not very familiar with command-line (?) operation of my computer and > > > > have not had any success entering math equations in Mneosyne. I > > > > figured the necessary program(s) for compiling would have already been > > > > on my computer, but have since downloaded "dvipng", though cannot > > > > understand the instructions for installation. (I opened terminal & > > > > typed ./configure & etc, but to no avail - i'm really in the dark > > > > here). > > > > > I'm very much interested in learning about all of this, but am also > > > > just interested in getting the math component up and running. If you > > > > have any advice about either (or links to helpful websites), it would > > > > be very much appreciated. > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > G. Abel > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Peter Bienstman > > > Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > > Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > > tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > > WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > > email: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
