[GRASSLIST:4998] RE: bash: ./configure: no such file or directory

[Hamish]

> I'm trying to compile 5.7 on Cygwin, Windows 2K. I've downloaded all
> files and followed instructions at http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html
> <http://geni.ath.cx/grass.html>  , and I get the following error
> 
> After trying to configure:
> 
> bash: ./configure: no such file or directory
> 
> The same thing happens when I try ./configure.sh. 
>
> How can I get this program/script? Thanks,
...
> I should mention that I installed grass57 in
> /usr/local/grass5.7.cvs-i686-pc-cygwin-11_11_2004, and I passed this
> parameter during the ./configure: 
> 
> --with-grass50=/usr/local/grass/grass
>  
> and I tried:
>  
> --with-grass57=/usr/local/grass5.7.cvs-i686-pc-cygwin-11_11_2004
>  
> Do I already need to have Grass5.0/Grass5.3 installed? I read
> somewhere that grass57 doesn't depend on 5.3 anymore.


does './configure --help' work? This script is in whatever directory you
extracted the source code into. GRASS 5.7-cvs as of a few weeks ago no
longer requires a copy of 5.3-cvs.



Hamish