Can someone help me about free software from GNU project. I downloaded some packages, in this case coreutils http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/coreutils.html , then started browsing through files and found sources, but after trying to compile any of it it says mainly that config.h is missing and after that many other. I tried to run ./bootstrap script, which I found is meant for checking dependencies and installed all of that, but nothing changed.
I just want to study the code and modifiy it and run it for myself now, not interested in any git commiting, I saw alot about it and am not interested in it now. I will learn git later. Just want to know how to edit code and compile it without mess. I read all of the README stuff from the project but eventually haven't figured it out.
thanks in advance,