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Re: Fwd: help compiling


From: Paul D. Smith
Subject: Re: Fwd: help compiling
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 21:31:45 -0400

%% "yaka patiya" <address@hidden> writes:

  yp> Is this too stupid of a question to ask ? I am wondering why
  yp> anyone have not yet answered it.

Sometimes people are busy.

  >> According to the mailing list, someone posted saying you can just
  >> ignore these messages.

Yes, just ignore them.

  yp> But when I go to do `make install`I get the following error:

  >> $ make install
  >> ksh: make:  not found

This is not a GNU make error, it's a shell issue.

You don't have the current working directory on your PATH, so when you
type "make" the shell can't find it.

You have to run:

    ./make install

instead to tell the shell to use the make you just built.

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