title: How to run ./configure on windows
body: <p>I know ./configure is an unix command, but I found a lot of source code which can be compiled on windows contain configure file but the command &quot;.\configure&quot; cannot run on cmd. A lot of tutorial wrote the compile steps like:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>1.download and unzip the code</p>
  <p>2.\configure</p>
  <p>3.make</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>But the command &quot;.\configure&quot; cannot be recongnize by windows cmd. Could anyone please how to run this command on windows?</p>
  <p>p.s. I have installed MinGW on my computer.</p>