./configur dosen't work

[meysamj]

i wanna use ./configure but it seems dosen't work. what can I do?

[Kieren]

What error message are you getting?

[meysamj]

bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

[grishi_111]

i wanna use ./configure but it seems dosen't work. what can I do?

what are you doing and for what to configure you are using ./configure?
what is the error message?
be specific so that we can help you.
simply saying ./configure doesn't work doesn't serve any purpose.

[Kieren]

You're not in the correct directory. You would have probably decompressed a file which would have created a directory. You will need to change directory into that folder before using that command.

What program are you trying to install and have you checked if it's available in your package manager first?

[grishi_111]

bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

are you sure that you are in correct directory?
if yes, perhaps this directory doesn't have file named "configure".

[meysamj]

thanks. you are right. I was in rong directory.
I wanna install openmpi 1.3.3 on open suse 11.1
thanks for replying.