chintu@linux-e8lx:~> cd mbe
chintu@linux-e8lx:~/mbe> cd pkg-config-0.21
chintu@linux-e8lx:~/mbe/pkg-config-0.21> ./configure --prefix=~/mbe
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ~/mbe
chintu@linux-e8lx:~/mbe/pkg-config-0.21> ./configure --prefix=~/mbe/
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ~/mbe/
chintu@linux-e8lx:~/mbe/pkg-config-0.21> ./configure --prefix=~/mbe
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ~/mbe
chintu@linux-e8lx:~/mbe/pkg-config-0.21>