Running Shell Scripts

[God's Templar]

I am installing xine, and after much help from the members of these forums, I have successfully unpacked it! The instructions are to run a shell script called "configure", but when I go to the directory and try to run it it tells me: "bash: configure: command not found". Please tell me how to run this script, as it creates the needed makefile, thanks!

[ibanex22]

make sure you are executing it from its directory. try:
"./configure"

[objuan]

Change to the dir were you installed the xine program and there should be a file configure, to execute it type this ./configure after this runs type make install
then you should be done
I am assume that you have debian installed, this thread is in the deb area.
if so, and if you used apt-get or synaptic to install xine it won't need to be compiled it is ready to run. it should have put a xine icon in your start menu in the gui.

[God's Templar]

Well, it installed, but it didn't add a shortcut, and I can't find an executable (Do those exist in Linux?). How do I run the program?

[devils casper]

execute 'xine' in terminal and if xine pops up, create its shortcut on Desktop.







Casper

[God's Templar]

Typing "xine" does nothing, but "xine-config" does yield a list of options:

user@system:~# xine-config
Usage: xine-config [OPTIONS] [LIBRARIES]
Options:
[--prefix[=DIR]]
[--exec-prefix[=DIR]]
[--version]
[--libs]
[--acflags]
[--cflags]
[--plugindir]
[--datadir]
[--scriptdir]
[--localedir]
[--objcflags]

The fact that this happens means it exists somewhere on my system now, right?

[ibanex22]

type 'exit' to get out of root, then try 'xine'.