Installing git on shared hosting - ./configure: no such file or directory

Question

Im trying to install git on shared hosting - (via SSH, gcc --version returns number) I downloaded the lasted git from GitHub: wget https://github.com/git/git/archive/v1.8.4.2.tar.gz then extracted it to a folder: tar zxvf v1.8.4.2 and navigated to the git folder: cd git-v1.8.4.2 .

then tried to install it: ./configure prefix=/home/$USER --with-curl --with-expat .

the command returned bash: ./cofigure.ac: No such file or directory . its seems like there is no configure file? why? there is another file to configure?

i saw there is a file named configure.ac and started it. not worked:

what is the problem? how I can configure git before installing?

Answer 1

Just type

make configure

to create the configure file.