could not install tar.g package in ubuntu 8.04

[bahgat]

i try to install a program called stradwin 4.0 in ubuntu 8.04 (tar.gz package)
but after extraction . i tried to do MAKE IN TERMINAL BUT I COULDNOT
./configure fail
make fail
make install fail
root-yassin-desktop:/home/yassin/Desktop/stradwin4.0_for_linux_64bit# ./cofigure
bash: ./cofigure: No such file or directory
root-yassin-desktop:/home/yassin/Desktop/stradwin4.0_for_linux_64bit# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
i had also install build essential packages but problem not solved yet
finally i convert the package into debian by alien
and installed
but i did not found it in applications
i can not run stradwin

[techieMoe]

Have you installed the compiler suite and other build tools on your system? Ubuntu doesn't usually come with the programs necessary to build apps from scratch. You can usually add it in with one command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Also, is there a particular reason you're using Ubuntu 8.04? The latest version is 10.04, available here.

[coopstah13]

root-yassin-desktop:/home/yassin/Desktop/stradwin4.0_for_linux_64bit# ./cofigure
bash: ./cofigure: No such file or directory

you made a typo here, the command is ./configure