what is ./configure and where is it??

[bruce1271]

Hi,

I am trying to install an rpm for ssh but i cant find the configure file. Where should this be? how do i use it? thanks

[Bernd]

RPM files usually don't have ./configure files. You need ./configure files when you try to compile the program.

So just install your ssh package using rpm -i packagename or use your favourite rpm manager.

An exception to what I said above are source rpm files, since these files contain the source code for recompiling and the directory where the rpm file will be extracted to, will contain a ./configure file (at least for the ssh package, other srpm packages need not have configure files at all).

Bernd

[bdg1983]

The Compiling Software (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/softinstall.html) NHF explains in more detail.

[bruce1271]

Thanks,

I am trying to install source, but what directory do these RPM put the configure file?? That my problem, it is a maintenance issue on my part not knowing which directories the rpm -ivh puts the code in.

Thanks

[bdg1983]

Is this after you have installed the rpm package and you want to know where the files were installed?

You can do that through the commandline using rpm, but of course I can't remember the exact command to use. 'man rpm' should tell you how to query the rpm database to get a list of files that were installed from a specific rpm package.

I use KDE and Kpackage will show you all the files contained in a rpm package.

Is that what you are asking?