Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/05/16/02:03:33
David Lipman wrote:
>
> I recently download an emacs file, emacs v.20.7. I've unpacked it and I now
> want to instal it. I'm using DJGPP on a Windows95 system and installing a
> version in MS-DOS. I've read the "Readme" file contained in the emacs and
> the installation instructions say to activate the "Configure" script, then
> "Make", and so on. My problem is in activating the "Configure" script in
> the first step. The file says to go to the directory containing the source
> code "/src" directory in my case and type "./configure" to activate the
> script. When I do this at the command prompt I get a "Bad command" error.
> Which is understandable to me because the configure file I have has no
> extension, it's not a .bat (batch file) or an .exe (executable) so I don't
> understand how to activate the "Configure script in the first place. Any
> explainations, advice, or suggestions as to how to activate the "Configure"
> file (under MS-DOS) would be greatly apprectiated.
>
> Thanks much.
There should also be a config.bat file for configuration on MS-DOS.
I expect there is also a README.dos or README.djgpp, which would have
told
you this as well. Note that you need several other packages (bash, sed,
...)
in order to build emacs.
As asked in a previous post, why don't you just get the binary
distribution?
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Tim Van Holder - Falcon Software N.V.
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