Windows 10, GDB Configure command fails for build operation

Question

What am I missing below (path, environment variable, ?) running from a Windows Command Prompt window.

See “gdb-7.12\configure' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.” below:

C:\Users\_gerlad0_\Downloads\Installables\gdb-7.12\build>C:\Users\_gerlad0_\Downloads\Installables\gdb-7.12\configure 'C:\Users\_gerlad0_\Downloads\Installables\gdb-7.12\configure' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\_gerlad0_\Downloads\Installables\gdb-7.12\build>set path Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\5.4 2016q2\bin\;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath; C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live; C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live; C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\; C:\Program Files (x86)\NTRU Cryptosystems\NTRU TCG Software Stack\bin\; C:\Program Files\NTRU Cryptosystems\NTRU TCG Software Stack\bin\; C:\Program Files\Wave Systems Corp\Gemalto\Access Client\v5\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared; c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin; C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\; C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile.dnx\bin; C:\Program Files\Microsoft DNX\Dnvm\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\; C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\cygwin64\bin PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

Thanks for any insight!!

Answer 1

Most configure scripts are written for the unix shell(s).

You need to run configure from such unix shell (bash for example), which you should get from cygwin/mingw/msys package for your windows.