On Unix and related systems, a file that is run before [make] and '''make install'''. Often, but not always, this file is a [sh] shell script generated by [autoconf]. When building older Tcl versions or Tcl extensions based on [TEA], ./[configure] might fail with an error resembling: ./configure: line 7624: syntax error near unexpected token `)' See [bash] for explanation and the simple solution. ---- [Category Glossary] | [Category Deployment]