Re: how to install GNu Gift

David Squire wrote:
> Pratima wrote:
>> hello am installing GNU Gift version 0.1.11.
>> As said in the install file i have move to the folder where the 
>> source code is and then type ./configure.
>> Am getting this
>>
>>
>> cseuser@cselab2pc30:~/personal/gift-0.1.11$ cd gift-0.1.11
>> cseuser@cselab2pc30:~/personal/gift-0.1.11/gift-0.1.11$ ./configure
>> bash: ./configure: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>>
>> but the file configure do exists in the folder.
>>   
>
> Yes.  Your bash shell is complaining that the interpreter specified on 
> the shebang (#!) line at the start of ./configure can't be found. It 
> should be looking for /bin/sh - the standard *nix shell which should 
> exist on every linux and UNIX system.
>
> My guess would be that /bin/sh *does* exist on your system, and it is 
> the trailing ^M above that is the problem. That's a carriage return 
> character (CR), which should not be there - *nix uses a single 
> line-feed character as the end of line (LF), where as DOS-like systems 
> use CR-LF. Still, I've never noticed this cause a problem with running 
> scripts before. Did you do any of the file transfer and/or unpacking 
> on a Windows box?
>
> Also, why are you installing 0.1.11 instead of the most recent release 
> (0.1.14)?
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
>


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