我正在尝试在linux上构建一个程序

Question

So I am trying to build this https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-c I have git cloned it and I followed the instructions but on the frist step it says to run ./configure, I can not find configure though. I have tried the configure.am but i get this error.

root@------:/usr/share/nginx/www/Geo/geoip-api-c# ./configure.ac 
./configure.ac: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./configure.ac: line 1: `dnl AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)'

What am I missing?

One last question, what are the different make files extension/formats for? like .VC .in .am

EDIT:

I ran that file and just got this error back:

root@------:/usr/share/nginx/www/Geo/geoip-api-c# ./bootstrap 
rm: cannot remove `ltmain.sh': No such file or directory
./bootstrap: 5: ./bootstrap: autoreconf: not found
root@------:/usr/share/nginx/www/Geo/geoip-api-c# ^C
root@------:/usr/share/nginx/www/Geo/geoip-api-c# 

Answer 1

The section "Installation" in the README.md explains how to build the software. You are missing this important step:

If you are using a GitHub checkout, please run the bootstrap script first to set up the build environment.