For every tarball I've ever tried to install from, I get bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
I have had 3 Ubuntu computers in my (relatively short) linux lifetime. On every single one, I have never been able to install from a tarball. I've looked everywhere, but there seems to always be a different answer depending on what you're trying to install, and not always one for what I'm working with. This time, I'm trying to install tor and hoping for a different result, but lo and behold I get:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory.
I just want an end-all answer as to why on every single Ubuntu machine I've had, I can't configure/install from a tarball.
Edit: the tarball I was trying to install from is the 64 bit linux download from https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads , and the only readmes in there are explanations of meek, proxies, etc. Nothing about install. I figured out Tor specifically though by not using ./configure at all, so that's done.
But the main problem is that I have never successfully installed from a tar file. No matter what I try to install, when I get to the ./configure step, I get a bash message.
command-line bash tor
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I have had 3 Ubuntu computers in my (relatively short) linux lifetime. On every single one, I have never been able to install from a tarball. I've looked everywhere, but there seems to always be a different answer depending on what you're trying to install, and not always one for what I'm working with. This time, I'm trying to install tor and hoping for a different result, but lo and behold I get:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory.
I just want an end-all answer as to why on every single Ubuntu machine I've had, I can't configure/install from a tarball.
Edit: the tarball I was trying to install from is the 64 bit linux download from https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads , and the only readmes in there are explanations of meek, proxies, etc. Nothing about install. I figured out Tor specifically though by not using ./configure at all, so that's done.
But the main problem is that I have never successfully installed from a tar file. No matter what I try to install, when I get to the ./configure step, I get a bash message.
command-line bash tor
asked Dec 26 at 2:35
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Is there a README or INSTALL document in the tarball? What does it say the procedure is? Not every tarball package uses./configurein the compile process. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.
– chili555
Dec 26 at 2:40
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give us a specific tarball link, and you'll have a better answer
– Alvin Liang
Dec 26 at 2:42
Sounds like there is no file namedconfigurein the directory you're currently in...
– Xen2050
Dec 26 at 18:49
1
Possible duplicate of How to install Tor?. Tor Browser can be installed from Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:27
1
The instructions on the page you mention (torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads) don't mentionconfigureat all. Instead they say 1) Download the tarball, 2) unpack the tarball, 3) issuecd tor-browser_LANG, 4) issue./start-tor-browser.desktop. There is nothing to configure or compile. The tarfile contains tor ready-to-run. Just scroll down to "Linux Instructions". Please read the instructions on the page you got that software from before running arbitrary commands and starting to wonder why they don't work.
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:38
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I have had 3 Ubuntu computers in my (relatively short) linux lifetime. On every single one, I have never been able to install from a tarball. I've looked everywhere, but there seems to always be a different answer depending on what you're trying to install, and not always one for what I'm working with. This time, I'm trying to install tor and hoping for a different result, but lo and behold I get:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory.
I just want an end-all answer as to why on every single Ubuntu machine I've had, I can't configure/install from a tarball.
Edit: the tarball I was trying to install from is the 64 bit linux download from https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads , and the only readmes in there are explanations of meek, proxies, etc. Nothing about install. I figured out Tor specifically though by not using ./configure at all, so that's done.
But the main problem is that I have never successfully installed from a tar file. No matter what I try to install, when I get to the ./configure step, I get a bash message.
command-line bash tor
asked Dec 26 at 2:35
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I have had 3 Ubuntu computers in my (relatively short) linux lifetime. On every single one, I have never been able to install from a tarball. I've looked everywhere, but there seems to always be a different answer depending on what you're trying to install, and not always one for what I'm working with. This time, I'm trying to install tor and hoping for a different result, but lo and behold I get:
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory.
I just want an end-all answer as to why on every single Ubuntu machine I've had, I can't configure/install from a tarball.
Edit: the tarball I was trying to install from is the 64 bit linux download from https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads , and the only readmes in there are explanations of meek, proxies, etc. Nothing about install. I figured out Tor specifically though by not using ./configure at all, so that's done.
But the main problem is that I have never successfully installed from a tar file. No matter what I try to install, when I get to the ./configure step, I get a bash message.
command-line bash tor
command-line bash tor
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Is there a README or INSTALL document in the tarball? What does it say the procedure is? Not every tarball package uses./configurein the compile process. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.
– chili555
Dec 26 at 2:40
3
give us a specific tarball link, and you'll have a better answer
– Alvin Liang
Dec 26 at 2:42
Sounds like there is no file namedconfigurein the directory you're currently in...
– Xen2050
Dec 26 at 18:49
1
Possible duplicate of How to install Tor?. Tor Browser can be installed from Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:27
1
The instructions on the page you mention (torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads) don't mentionconfigureat all. Instead they say 1) Download the tarball, 2) unpack the tarball, 3) issuecd tor-browser_LANG, 4) issue./start-tor-browser.desktop. There is nothing to configure or compile. The tarfile contains tor ready-to-run. Just scroll down to "Linux Instructions". Please read the instructions on the page you got that software from before running arbitrary commands and starting to wonder why they don't work.
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:38
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Is there a README or INSTALL document in the tarball? What does it say the procedure is? Not every tarball package uses./configurein the compile process. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.
– chili555
Dec 26 at 2:40
3
give us a specific tarball link, and you'll have a better answer
– Alvin Liang
Dec 26 at 2:42
Sounds like there is no file namedconfigurein the directory you're currently in...
– Xen2050
Dec 26 at 18:49
1
Possible duplicate of How to install Tor?. Tor Browser can be installed from Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:27
1
The instructions on the page you mention (torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads) don't mentionconfigureat all. Instead they say 1) Download the tarball, 2) unpack the tarball, 3) issuecd tor-browser_LANG, 4) issue./start-tor-browser.desktop. There is nothing to configure or compile. The tarfile contains tor ready-to-run. Just scroll down to "Linux Instructions". Please read the instructions on the page you got that software from before running arbitrary commands and starting to wonder why they don't work.
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:38
Is there a README or INSTALL document in the tarball? What does it say the procedure is? Not every tarball package uses
./configure in the compile process. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.– chili555
Dec 26 at 2:40
Is there a README or INSTALL document in the tarball? What does it say the procedure is? Not every tarball package uses
./configure in the compile process. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.– chili555
Dec 26 at 2:40
3
3
give us a specific tarball link, and you'll have a better answer
– Alvin Liang
Dec 26 at 2:42
give us a specific tarball link, and you'll have a better answer
– Alvin Liang
Dec 26 at 2:42
Sounds like there is no file named
configure in the directory you're currently in...– Xen2050
Dec 26 at 18:49
Sounds like there is no file named
configure in the directory you're currently in...– Xen2050
Dec 26 at 18:49
1
1
Possible duplicate of How to install Tor?. Tor Browser can be installed from Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:27
Possible duplicate of How to install Tor?. Tor Browser can be installed from Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:27
1
1
The instructions on the page you mention (torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads) don't mention
configure at all. Instead they say 1) Download the tarball, 2) unpack the tarball, 3) issue cd tor-browser_LANG, 4) issue ./start-tor-browser.desktop. There is nothing to configure or compile. The tarfile contains tor ready-to-run. Just scroll down to "Linux Instructions". Please read the instructions on the page you got that software from before running arbitrary commands and starting to wonder why they don't work.– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:38
The instructions on the page you mention (torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads) don't mention
configure at all. Instead they say 1) Download the tarball, 2) unpack the tarball, 3) issue cd tor-browser_LANG, 4) issue ./start-tor-browser.desktop. There is nothing to configure or compile. The tarfile contains tor ready-to-run. Just scroll down to "Linux Instructions". Please read the instructions on the page you got that software from before running arbitrary commands and starting to wonder why they don't work.– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:38
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Here are some reasons I can think of:
the tarball doesn't contain source code
the tarball contains source code, but it doesn't use the GNU autotools build system - perhaps it uses a simple
Makefile, or uses a different build system such as cmake or sconsthe tarball is a source tarball that uses the GNU autotools build system, but it provides a lower-level configuration file such as
configure.acfrom which you must first build an appropriateconfigurescript for your platform usingautoconfthe tarball is a source tarball, including a GNU autotools
configurescript, but you're attempting to execute it from the wrong directory
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:45
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Here are some reasons I can think of:
the tarball doesn't contain source code
the tarball contains source code, but it doesn't use the GNU autotools build system - perhaps it uses a simple
Makefile, or uses a different build system such as cmake or sconsthe tarball is a source tarball that uses the GNU autotools build system, but it provides a lower-level configuration file such as
configure.acfrom which you must first build an appropriateconfigurescript for your platform usingautoconfthe tarball is a source tarball, including a GNU autotools
configurescript, but you're attempting to execute it from the wrong directory
answered Dec 26 at 2:49
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:45
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Here are some reasons I can think of:
the tarball doesn't contain source code
the tarball contains source code, but it doesn't use the GNU autotools build system - perhaps it uses a simple
Makefile, or uses a different build system such as cmake or sconsthe tarball is a source tarball that uses the GNU autotools build system, but it provides a lower-level configuration file such as
configure.acfrom which you must first build an appropriateconfigurescript for your platform usingautoconfthe tarball is a source tarball, including a GNU autotools
configurescript, but you're attempting to execute it from the wrong directory
answered Dec 26 at 2:49
steeldriver
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:45
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Here are some reasons I can think of:
the tarball doesn't contain source code
the tarball contains source code, but it doesn't use the GNU autotools build system - perhaps it uses a simple
Makefile, or uses a different build system such as cmake or sconsthe tarball is a source tarball that uses the GNU autotools build system, but it provides a lower-level configuration file such as
configure.acfrom which you must first build an appropriateconfigurescript for your platform usingautoconfthe tarball is a source tarball, including a GNU autotools
configurescript, but you're attempting to execute it from the wrong directory
answered Dec 26 at 2:49
steeldriver
65.7k11104177
Here are some reasons I can think of:
the tarball doesn't contain source code
the tarball contains source code, but it doesn't use the GNU autotools build system - perhaps it uses a simple
Makefile, or uses a different build system such as cmake or sconsthe tarball is a source tarball that uses the GNU autotools build system, but it provides a lower-level configuration file such as
configure.acfrom which you must first build an appropriateconfigurescript for your platform usingautoconfthe tarball is a source tarball, including a GNU autotools
configurescript, but you're attempting to execute it from the wrong directory
answered Dec 26 at 2:49
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:45
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
– PerlDuck
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
– PerlDuck
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Good guesses. Correct is [1]. ;-)
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Is there a README or INSTALL document in the tarball? What does it say the procedure is? Not every tarball package uses
./configurein the compile process. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.– chili555
Dec 26 at 2:40
3
give us a specific tarball link, and you'll have a better answer
– Alvin Liang
Dec 26 at 2:42
Sounds like there is no file named
configurein the directory you're currently in...– Xen2050
Dec 26 at 18:49
1
Possible duplicate of How to install Tor?. Tor Browser can be installed from Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 16.04 and later.
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:27
1
The instructions on the page you mention (torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads) don't mention
configureat all. Instead they say 1) Download the tarball, 2) unpack the tarball, 3) issuecd tor-browser_LANG, 4) issue./start-tor-browser.desktop. There is nothing to configure or compile. The tarfile contains tor ready-to-run. Just scroll down to "Linux Instructions". Please read the instructions on the page you got that software from before running arbitrary commands and starting to wonder why they don't work.– PerlDuck
Dec 27 at 17:38