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Installing Make in Cygwin

I am trying to build a Linux project in windows 7 environment usign cygwin. However I am continuously getting below error while configuring make for cygwin installation.

-bash: make: command not found

After searching on inernet the only solution is re running of setup and installed make package. I have installed automake1.15 but it is in noarch folder and there is no binary make.exe in bin folder.

Solution

  • There's a big difference between the 2:

    So you need to select Make from Cygwin setup.

    Notes:

    • Automake (or any package, as a matter of fact) is downloaded in the noarch dir, when it's compatible with any OS (Cygwin, in this case) architecture (32 bit and 64 bit (currently)), meaning that it doesn't contain binaries (.exes, .dlls (.sos)), only script-like files
    • Make on the other hand, does contain binaries (/usr/bin/make itself it is a binary) and will be downloaded in the appropriate dir (x86_64 or x86)
    • The download dir is not the same thing as the installation dir (there may be more than one, and it's under Cygwin installation dir)

    For more (generic) details, check [Cygwin]: Installing and Updating Cygwin Packages.

    [Cygwin]: Cygwin FAQ - Does the Cygwin Setup program accept command-line arguments? might also be a good starting point for command line options (check [SO]: Installing Make in Cygwin (@PJain's answer)).

    Final note: Cygwin is kind of obsolete. Switch to WSL(2), which runs a real Ubuntu (no wrappers / adapters) as a VM (in Hyper-V - which runs at a totally different level).