I am trying to compile WINE from a tarball and getting the following error:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
I would very much appreciate any help with this, but PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND WITH "What are you trying to install and why are you not using the repositories ?" I have seen this many times in various forums and it is very rude and non-helpful. But since that seems to be the standard "help" someone with this problem gets, here is the answer:
I am trying to install a specific version of wine BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS FOR A CERTAIN PROGRAM I WANT TO USE. I had installed it from the repositories in the first place and it automatically updated without my permission, much to my horror (envision recurring Microsoft nightmares).
I need version 1.3.26 and it updated to 1.3.28. Now if I try to install with apt-get I will get the 1.3.28 version which doesn't work for my program. I tried it. I tried different versions of the program...no dice.
I can't seem to change directories in terminal. It appears to be changing directories, but in the end it hasn't. I tried changing directories to the folder where I had the tarball and tried to unpack it using:
tar -xvf wine-1.3.26.tar.bz2
I got an error that the file didn't exist. It wouldn't do anything until I typed in the path where the file was stored:
tar -xvf /usr/local/src wine-1.3.26.tar.bz2
That seemed to unpack it, but I have no idea where it went. It is not in /usr/local/src.
When I type in ./configure I get the error:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
So I went to the directory, right-clicked and selected "Extract here." This resulted in a locked file I could not use. Then I tried the same thing after opening with 'gksudo nautilus' and making sure the permissions would allow me to use it, and that the configure file was there. But when I typed in ./configure I STILL got the error:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
I can't figure out how to give the path and the command by command line so it will work.
I have installed build-essential and a bunch of other things that are supposed to allow compiling from source and nothing has made a difference. Apparently everything is the current version. I have checked this error on this and several other forums and haven't found an actual solution.
I don't get why it is suddenly so hard to install from a tarball. It wasn't this hard before. Has there been some drastic change in the way things are installed since 10.04 (I'm now on 10.10)?
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