Configure script: Difference between revisions

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<code>./configure && make && make install</code>

The reason you type "./configure" (''dot slash'' configure) instead of just "configure" is to indicate explicitly that the script is in the current directory ("."). By default, LinuxUnix-type doesoperating systems do not search the current directory for executables (this is a security feature), so you must get around this by giving the full path explicitly. If you don't, you will get an error like "bash: configure: command not found".<ref>http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lx-swinstall-tar.html</ref>

Running ./configure --help should give a list of command line arguments accepted by the script, which are usually for enabling or disabling optional features of the software. Typing just ./configure gives the default configuration.<ref>http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lx-swinstall-tar.html</ref>