Originally Posted by wasserx
what is the command ./configure
it is use to optimize the source code for your computers. for example you might be running a pent1, pent 2 , AMD or AMD64. i386 , etc usually the ./configure script looks to see what type your are running as well as if your running linux,freebsd or another flavor of *NIX.

its also a good idea to add a prefix to ./configure like this
./configure --prefix=/pathyou/choice

i do that so i have all non distro appzs in one place so its easier to remove. If you dont do that then you will have no idea wheter the package is part of your distro or isnt. Because alot of source code likes to install it in PATHs that your distro does.

i then add a $PATH to the new directory after i choice a prefix directory.