configure command does not run.... d2u does not help either... appreciation from Dave
DePriest, Jason R.
jrdepriest@gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 18:25:00 GMT 2007
On 11/30/07, MasterOfSw wrote:
> > >> I am trying to compile a package called "meep" by means of cygwin.
> > >> While running the configure command I get an error as:
> > >>
> > >> ./configure: line 13: $'r': command not found
> > >
> > >Guess #1: Don't use WinZIP (or any other windows GUI program)
> > to
> >
> unpack
> > >.tar.gz files for Cygwin, because they mangle the line ends from LF
> > to
> >
> CRLF.
> > >Use "tar xvzf meep-0.10.1.tar.gz" in a bash shell instead.
> >
>
>
> I run into this exact thing all the time and still forget to NOT use the Windows un-tar utility.
>
> I don't know why d2u doesn't work though, if it really is just a LF/CRLF problem.
> I can use the Windows tar functions for non-cygwin related items. Just not with cygwin.
>
>
I have not experienced this problem using WinRAR.
-Jason
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