./configure won;t work with any install

[abuthemagician]

I am trying to install Cheops-ng on FreeBSD 5.2 Release and ./configure will not work. So i thought i would try to install something else to see if that would work, and it still gives me the "configure: command not found" error no matter what i try t install. I have tried Glib, GTK+, NMap 3.50, libxml, etc. Any ideas?

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

When you type "./configure", make usre you have configure file in curretn directory. have you read the readme file. Sometimes you only have to type "make" and "make install".

dbase77

 

[abuthemagician]

yep, there is a configure file in there, and all of the INSTALL files tell me to run ./configure

 

[unixfreak]

Is the file executable?

Cheers

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

I donwloaded the application and tried on my machine. From the README and INSTALL files, you need to have couple of things. Then to build them, very unusual way:

aclocal
autoconf
configure
gmake
gmake install

I think you better contact the developer.

dbase77

 

[abuthemagician]

well, i am going from the source to install cheops... this still happens tho when i try to install nmap or any of the other programs listed in the first post. Why would it stop working?

 

[GGORTT]

Make sure that you are root before you try to install anything!

 

[abuthemagician]

i ended up scrapping the machine and i am now running gentoo on Virtual Server 2005. It is easier to install the programs i need in gentoo.