Program “make” not found in PATH

Question

I'm having the Program "make" not found in PATH error in eclipse. I checked the path variable which is:

C:\cygwin\bin;
%JAVA_HOME%\bin;
%ANT_HOME%\bin;
%ANDROID_SDK%\tools;
%ANDROID_SDK%\platform-tools;
%ANDROID_NDK%;
%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;
%SystemRoot%\system32;
%SystemRoot%;
%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd

The PATH starts with the folder which contains make (I checked and make.exe is in there), but eclipse still goes Program "make" not found in PATH.

I have tried changing the path and restarting several times but nothing seems to change.

Answer 1

Go to Project> Properties> C/C++ Build> Environment. You will see three fields, choose PATH. See if the folder containing make.exe is appended to the path or not. Sometimes the change to the System PATH variable (made from My Computer> Properties> Advanced System Settings...) is NOT reflected in Eclipse. This solved the problem for me, hope it helps you too!

Answer 2

If you are using GNU MCU Eclipse on Windows, make sure Windows Build Tools are installed, then check the installation path and fill the "Global Build Tools Path" inside Eclipse Window/Preferences... :

Answer 3

You may try altering toolchain in case if for some reason you can't use gcc. Open Properties for your project (by right clicking on your project name in the Project Explorer), then C/C++ Build > Tool Chain Editor. You can change the current builder there from GNU Make Builder to CDT Internal Builder or whatever compatible you have.

Answer 4

Make sure you have installed 'make' tool through Cygwin's installer.

Answer 5

If you are using MinGW toolchain for CDT, make.exe is found at C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin

(or search the make.exe in MinGW folder.)

Add this path in eclipse window->preferences->environment

Answer 6

Just to clarify the details that Adel's linked eclipse forum covers, here's how I solved this (on OS X):

Note: for me, even though my personal environment (i.e. if in bash, echo $PATH) had /Developer/usr/bin in it, I still had to add it to Eclipse's Environment variables:

Go to Eclipse Preferences -> C/C++ -> Build -> Environment -> Add.. -> "${PATH}:/Developer/usr/bin"

In the case of some other OS, just use the right path where make exists.