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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:02:25 +0200
From: Tim Van Holder <tim DOT vanholder AT falconsoft DOT be>
Organization: Falcon Software NV
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To: David Lipman <davelipman AT earthlink DOT net>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: emacs installation question
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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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