Make cannot be found

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I am trying to install a software and I get the message that it cannot find Make. After the first occurence of that message I did install Make but I still keep that error message, any idea on how to resolve that issue.

In fact, my problem is deeper than that, it cannot find either gcc (by the way, I can see both Make and gcc-4.3 in the /usr/bin directory) and binutils (no idea if it is installed).

Jean-Pierre

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The best bet is to install all the development software.

To install this software, complete the following:

  1. Open YaST Package Manager
  2. Login with the root password
  3. Click on the dropdown on the left, labeled: “Groups”
  4. From this list, select: “Patterns”
  5. Wait for the menu on the left to refresh
  6. Scroll down until you find the heading: “Development”
  7. Click “Base Development” and press the “Install All” button
  8. Press the “Apply” button on the bottom-right
  9. The installation may take a minute or two, depending on the number of packages
  10. Decline to install more software

That will install all the basic development packages.

Hope that solves your issue. :slight_smile:

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ducj270659 wrote:

>
> I am trying to install a software and I get the message that it cannot
> find Make. After the first occurence of that message I did install
> Make but I still keep that error message, any idea on how to resolve
> that issue.
>
> In fact, my problem is deeper than that, it cannot find either gcc (by
> the way, I can see both Make and gcc-4.3 in the /usr/bin directory) and
> binutils (no idea if it is installed).
>
> Jean-Pierre
>
>

a quick question: are you typing ‘make’ or ‘Make’ ?

Linux (and all *nix’s really) are case-sensitive. it’s quite possible to
have two files who’s names differ only in case sitting side by side.

Readme
readme

are two different files. ergo: Make doesn’t exist. but make should work.
(especially since you’ve now installed it!)

Personally, I like the case-sensitivity… you’ll get used to it. And
afterwards, you tend to nit-pick things like that. To me, when you
typed ‘Make’, that stood out. I could be entirely wrong though… you may
just have a habit of capitalizing words inside a sentence. (I doubt it
though, you’re awfully consistent and well spoken too!)

Loni

–
L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com

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I agree that in the admission that the command has been correctly entered then it doesn’t work. So i guess: is /usr/bin in your path? It has to be i know but we could check that is correct. Try to give in a console as root: echo $PATH and look there if something is wrong. And: if you run make as superuser, the problem remains the same?