From: "David Lipman" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: emacs installation question Lines: 17 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:34:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 168.191.119.109 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT earthlink DOT net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 989962442 168.191.119.109 (Tue, 15 May 2001 14:34:02 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:34:02 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:32:22 PDT (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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.