Re: bash: make: command not found


Subject: Re: bash: make: command not found
From: Paul J. Lucas (pjl@barefooters.org)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 11:05:24 MDT


On Tue, 2 May 2000, John Boyarsky wrote:

> I have the Mesa-3.2.tar.gz. I unpacked it into the /root folder.

        "Directory." Aside: generaly, you should build and put stuff
        like this under /usr/local, not /root.

> Inevitably I do the "./configure" in the correct folder, and it runs thru a
> bunch of items, answering yes and no (mostly yes) then I type "make" and get
> the reply "bash: make: command not found"
>
> What's up?

        Either "make" isn't in your PATH or it isn't installed.

> Am I missing something in my YDL installation?

        Possibly:

                rpm -qa | grep make

        If you get nothing in response, then "make" isn't installed.

        - Paul



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