> what is this "./configure" i see people talking about? i have tried typing
> this in be bore i make something and it comes back a command not found? how
> do i use this command?
Joe,
This is a command usually used when you want to compile a program from the
sources.
You untar the file (tar xfvz file.tar.gz), cd to the created directory,
and there the configure command is located. This will check the requirements
for the compile to succeed (if the linux headers are there, if there is a
compiler, if the needed libraries like GTK or TCL are installed etc.).
If things are good, then configure will create the so called "Make" files.
These direct the compiler to compile the sources in a certain way.
And you type ./configure because the dir that you are in is not in the path.
So you tell the computer that it has to look in the current dir (./) for
configure.
Hope this is clear now.
Paul
