I’m trying to install a Debian package from source (via git). I downloaded the
package, changed to the package’s directory and ran ./configure command but
it returned bash: ./configure: No such file or directory. What can be the
problem? A configure.ac file is located in the program folder.
./configure make sudo make install
Answers:
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Method 1
If the file is called configure.ac,
do $> autoconf
Depends:
M4, Automake
If you’re not sure what to do,
try $> cat readme
They must mean that you use “autoconf” to generate an executable “configure” file.
So the order is:
$> autoconf $> ./configure $> make $> make install
Method 2
The failsafe for generating a configure script is autoreconf -i, which not only takes care of calling autoconf itself, but also a host of other tools that may be needed.
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