getting 'bash: ./configure: No such file or directory'

[papapenguin]

I just rebuilt my kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS system and got this error while trying to install a plug-in in Ardour.

I downloaded the tar file for argotlunar, pointed to the directory, and tried

tar xvzf argotlunar-2.06-linux_64.tar.gz
argotlunar-2.06-linux_64/
argotlunar-2.06-linux_64/argotlunar2-reference.pdf
argotlunar-2.06-linux_64/presets.bank
argotlunar-2.06-linux_64/argotlunar.so

​

then got

./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
​

I installed it on 22.04 LTS before...am I missing something?

[papapenguin]

ok, so the tar file doesn't contain the make file (I think that's right). I'm missing this plug-in, and I use it in many projects.

[claydoh]

What you downloaded are precompiled files and documentation. There is no make or configure file, or source code to compile in the archive file you downloaded.

[papapenguin]

thanks claydoh, I was able to copy the *.so file into the proper folder so that solved 1/2 the problem. The main problem is that the plugin is lv2, and not VST

[jlittle]

I don't follow the subsequent posts, but in principle:

am I missing something?

You are missing a cd, changing directory into the directory tar has just created. If configure is used, it will be in there, and may create a make file. But more generally, one changes in to the directory and then one looks for a file called INSTALL or README.

[papapenguin]

so instead of

./configure

it should be

cd /[path] ./configure

is that correct?

[claydoh]

cd /some/path
./configure

Or in dolphin, navigate and hit f4 to open a terminal panel in that location, and skip the cd part.

[papapenguin]

thanks claydoh and jlittle -- I was able to find an old backup file that contained the LV2 plugin. I just copied that into the proper folder

/usr/lib/lv2

and that solved the issue