./configure -bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
One cause for this sort of misleading error can be found in the first line of the configure script. It will normally be #!zzzz where zzzz is the path to some interpreter. Often /bin/bash. If the target of that path is not found, you will get the above message.
Another possibility is if the execute bit is not set on ./configure.
Bob Styma Phoenix, Az