Hey all, I downloaded some bzip2 compressed files and when trying to install using the standard

./configure
make
su
make install

i get bashed saying that there is no make command. WTH? so i ran a search and found that the only command resembling make is MAKEDEV. Anyone know what i need to get to install or find the make and make install command? I have searched the web and nothing came up.

I thought make was integral to all linux systems. Hmm....any help anyone has as to how i can fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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make is a command that is not essential unless a person is going to compile programs. On my fedora system it resides in /usr/bin and is a part of the rpm make-3.79.1-18. I would suspect that it gets installed on most systems as part of the "development" packages, along with many libraries that are not needed for standard application work. Of course, I consider it essential, but my 15-year-old daughter has probably never needed it.

Hey all, I investigated the make install thing. Here's the deal you've got to install the Linspire Developer kit to do make installs. Just Go into CNR -> Aisles and do a search for Lindows Developer and you'll get all the files you need. The Linspire Developers edition comes with those files automatically.

You can use get apt on Linspire, but you can really mess up your CNR. So it's best to stick with CNR.