./configure: permission denied

mark renton

I am installing spatialite on android from tutorial below

http://code.google.com/p/spatialite-android/

I have extracted files to folder on sdcard and now running
./configure --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-eabi

but I get error ./configure: permission denied

have done chmod 777
root access is available
have tried running su first then ./configure - same error
have tried running "su ./configure --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-eabi" - but receive parameter error

any ideas on how to install are welcome


I have: Samsung galaxy ace
Terminal Emulator installed on Gingerbread 2.3.6

srsly78

You need to set executable permission on the file.

sudo chmod +x ./configure

mark renton

Still get an error


$ cd user
$ ls
proj-4.8.0.tar.gz
sqlite-amalgamation-3071602.zip
geos-3.3.6.tar.bz2
libspatialite-4.0.0.tar.gz
proj-4.8.0
geos-3.3.6
sqlite-amalgamation-3071602
libspatialite-4.0.0
$ cd proj-4.8.0
$ ls
jniwrap
depcomp
ltmain.sh
configure
install-sh
COPYING
README
Makefile.in
Makefile.am
config.guess
nad
proj.pc.in
man
nmake.opt
makefile.vc
mkinstalldirs
AUTHORS
ltconfig
aclocal.m4
src
configure.in
INSTALL
ChangeLog
config.sub
missing
NEWS
$ su chmod +x /.configure
Usage: su [options] [LOGIN]
Options:
-c, --command COMMAND pass COMMAND to the invoked shell
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-, -l, --login make the shell a login shell
-s, --shell SHELL use SHELL instead of the default in passwd
-v, --version display version number and exit
-V display version code and exit. this is
used almost exclusively by Superuser.apk
$ su
# chmod +x ./configure
Bad mode
# chmod +x configure
Bad mode
#

srsly78

Is the sdcard writable? Is the physical lock switch turned on?

Is this some odd old flavour of linux? What shell?

Try "chmod a+x configure". Also try "chmod -R 777 *".

mark renton

Actually is seems my sdcard is not picked up and this is on usb storage - can I run from there or does it need to be on sdcard?