On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Joseph <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I have a couple things to add to this since I've used a Mac before (although I primarily use Linux). The Downloads folder is capitalized with a capital D. Also an easy way to change directory is to first type "cd " (don't forget the space after) and then go to the finder and drag the folder you want to go to into the terminal window, that will fill out the path for you. After that, just press enter and now you are in that directory and can run the commands like you did initially. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
