./configure : /bin/sh^M : bad interpreter?

Question

I've been trying to install lpng142 on my fed 12 system. Seems like a problem to me. I get this error [root@localhost lpng142]# ./configure bash: ./configure: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory [root@localhost lpng142]# How do I fix this? The `/etc/fstab` file: # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Wed May 26 18:12:05 2010 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info # /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1 UUID=ce67cf79-22c3-45d4-8374-bd0075617cc8 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

Answer 1

Open your script in vi/vim and type

:set ff=unix

and then type

:x

Fedora 12 was EOL on December 2, 2010! You should update to latest (Fedora 31, but don't get gnome ;)