Problems when trying to follow The Simplified Guide To Compiling The Rockbox

[noamhir]

i reached the part when after i made the folder 'build'.
i mean i got stuck at the part when i am typing in the cmd:
"../tools/configure"
it returns me an error it doesn't know the command '..'.
what should i do?

[Febs]

".." is not a command.  It is an indicator to Linux to look one level up in the directory structure.  So, "../tools/configure" tells Linux, "go up one directory, then from there, enter the tools directory and run the command 'configure."  

It would be helpful if you could tell us the EXACT error message you receive, and the steps that you are taking that lead up to that error.  Most likely, though, your problem is that you are not running the command from the correct directory.  You should be running that command from within your build directory, and your build directory should be in the same directory as the "tools" directory.

[Yotto]

Or, you are putting a space between ".." and "/tools/configure" when you should not.

[noamhir]

Ok, thx.
Look. First of all i am using Windows XP Pro.
now. this is the cmd window that contains all the details about everything i tried there and didn't succeed:

Note: if you can't see it properly just click here:
http://web.1asphost.com/noamhir/cmdError.jpg

"C:\noam\rockbox\source\daily\daily" is the directory that contains all the source folders and files.

I help it will help you to help me.

[bluebrother]

you can't run this command from the windows command line. You need to use either Linux (e.g. the vmware image) or cygwin.

Try the vmware image.

[noamhir]

Ah.. Ok..
in the guide it says the "cmd window".
I'll try it later.
Thank you very much!

[Febs]

in the guide it says the "cmd window".

Well, yes, but it also says,

What You Will Need
A complete Cygwin installation with the cross compilers needed for building Rockbox. See CygwinDevelopment for instructions.

If you don't like Cygwin and you want to avoid setting it, you can try the VMwareDevelopmentPlatform which contains all needed files, compressed in an emulated Debian Linux enviroment.