how to install files that don't end in rpm

[zbrian]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentcommentid="12823" data-ipsquote-username="hybrid" data-cite="hybrid" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="3664" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>
<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentcommentid="12822" data-ipsquote-username="zbrian" data-cite="zbrian" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="3664" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>When I down load a compressed tarball or use add software utility in fedora 7 and get a compressed tarball I have no problem unpacking it but then I've got a collection of files I can't do anything with. I've tried './ configure' (as root) when I am in the same directory as unpacked files. I get "./ is a directory'. I tried just 'configure' and get 'command not found'. What am I missing?

 

You don't want a space between ./ and configure:

 

Code:

./configure

 

It's all one chunk, with no space.

 

Otherwise, if you include the space, you're asking it to execute the directory ./ and then just pass the word configure as an argument.



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Thanks for the comment Hybrid, I tried it again being careful not to space and the computer said 'bash:./configure: No such file or directory'