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Hi. I am using openSUSE 10.2 on my system. Recently, I screwed up my system while updating the kernel to 2.6.19.1 and so I had to do a reinstall. Later, ...
  1. 01-13-2007 #1
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    Question configure command not found

    Hi.
    I am using openSUSE 10.2 on my system. Recently, I screwed up my system while updating the kernel to 2.6.19.1 and so I had to do a reinstall. Later, while trying to install a game (Super Maryo Chronicles), I followed the following steps:

    1) sh ./autogen.sh (there was a file called autogen.sh in the untarred SMC folder)
    2) The above command created a file called configure in the directory.
    But when I try to run ./configure, bash says "configure : Comand not found".
    I tried to see if theres a manual entry for configure (man configure) but theres not even a manual entry for it.
    THe thing is all these commands were working fine before the reinstall. What could be wrong? I tried the ./configure command for other packages but got the same result.
    What do i need to do to resolve this?
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    hi hsd !

    Welcome to the LinuxForums !

    configure is not a command. its a file ( script ) that contains configuration instructions. autogen.sh created a configure script for SMC you have to execute configure script now. 'cd' to the folder having configure script, it must be listed in the output of 'ls' command. execute ./configure again.





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    Hi hsd and welcome to the forums.

    Sorry to hear of your trouble. If you are inside the untarred directory and there is a file in there called "configure" and you then run ./configure it should work. It's been a long time since I ran SuSE, but it could possibly be a permissions issue. This untarred directory you are inside of is in your home directory? I suppose you have tried running ./configure as su? ...and configure will not work with anything else either? Not trying to insult your intelligence, (it's just that I've personally done this... ) but the file IS configure and not Configure or just config? Sorry I couldn't help more...

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    EDIT: I see devils_casper got posted before me. Listen to him hsd, he'll get this sorted for you!
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    This is not a permissions problem as it is saying configure command not found. Try running
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    autogen.sh created a configure script for SMC you have to execute configure script now. 'cd' to the folder having configure script, it must be listed in the output of 'ls' command. execute ./configure again
    Hi. Thanks. I am following those exact steps. I cd to the folder where I have unzipped and untarred the SMC source files. Then I ran sh ./autogen.sh.
    Then autogen asked me to run ./configure. I did sudo ./configure. AM i missing anything?

    but the file IS configure and not Configure or just config? Sorry I couldn't help more...
    Hi dapper dan. Thanx. Yea the file is configure.

    hey apoorv...i'll try it n get back to u.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hsd
    Then I ran sh ./autogen.sh.
    Then autogen asked me to run ./configure. I did sudo ./configure. AM i missing anything?
    execute sh autogen.sh OR ./autogen.sh. same is with configure file. you should use 'su' instead of 'sudo' to gain root privileges. i dont think you need root privileges for configure.




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    hey...its working now. I tried sh configure, which works. Later i did chmod a+x configure. after this, ./configure is working too.
    Thanks a lot.
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