couldn't install rar package in ubuntu ?

[Alan Pope]

On 30 June 2011 15:07, amritpal pathak <amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have rar file and i just extracted it  and then tried to compile and
> install it as:
> sudo ./configure

You don't need sudo to run configure. What instructions are you following?

> Why?

Did you "cd" to the directory first?

What package are you compiling? Is the package not in the repository?

Al.