Cygwin Make bash command not found

Question

I installed cygwin with all the packages on windows 7 64 bit. For some reason the make command is giving me an error: bash make: command not found. I checked and in my bin folder, there is no make.exe. Can anyone help me on this? I really need make to work in CYGWIN. I dont wanna have to go to windows xp.

Answer 1

Follow these steps:

1. Go to the installer again
2. Do the initial setup.
3. Under library - go to devel.
4. under devel scroll and find make.
5. install all of library with name make.
6. click next, will take some time to install.
7. this will solve the problem.

Answer 2

I faced the same problem. Follow these steps:

1. Goto the installer once again.
2. Do the initial setup.
3. Select all the libraries by clicking and selecting install (the one already installed will show reinstall, so don't install them).
4. Click next.
5. The installation will take some time.

Answer 3

You probably have not installed make. Restart the cygwin installer, search for make, select it and it should be installed. By default the cygwin installer does not install everything for what I remember.

Answer 4

https://cs-dev.cs.calvin.edu/courses/cs/112/resources/installingEclipse/

There are listed what is exactly needed.

Answer 5

While instaling (updating) check 'Devel' to 'Install', it will install a lot of MB but helps. I don't have time to check which exacly I (we) need.

Answer 6

follow some steps below:

1. open cygwin setup again

2. choose catagory on view tab

3. fill "make" in search tab

4. expand devel

5. find "make: a GNU version of the 'make' ultility", click to install

6. Done!