Installing GNU make-3.81

[Jeffrey Freeman]

Dear Sir/Madam,

Let me preface by saying this is my first venture into the GNU realm. I am using MS Windows Vista, and while I'm trying to be a big kid, I may need someone to hold my hand as I cross the street. 

Ultimately, I would like to use GNU Octave with GNUPlot, and from what I have read thus far, I need to install GNU make be able to do that. I have downloaded and unpacked GNU make-3.81. Upon reading the README and INSTALL files, I believe I am supposed to 'cd' to the directory containing the source code, then proceed with: 

.\configure

.\sh build.sh     (since this is my first 'make' program)

.\make check

.\make install

.\make clean

However, when I try to use '.\configure', I get the following error:

|   C:\Users\Jeff\Documents\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>.\configure

|       Configuring MAKE for DJGPP

|       'update' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

|       operable program or batch file.

|       The Vdm Redirector is already loaded

|       No Make program found--use DOSBUILD.BAT to build Make.

So then I ran '.\dosbuild' and got the following response:

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C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>.\dosbuild

Building Make for MSDOS

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g commands.c -o commands.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g job.c -o job.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g dir.c -o dir.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g file.c -o file.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g misc.c -o misc.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g main.c -o main.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -DINCLUDEDIR=\"c:/djgpp/include\" -O2 -g read.c -o read.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -DLIBDIR=\"c:/djgpp/lib\" -O2 -g remake.c -o remake.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g rule.c -o rule.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g implicit.c -o implicit.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g default.c -o default.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g variable.c -o variable.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g expand.c -o expand.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g function.c -o function.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g vpath.c -o vpath.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g hash.c -o hash.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g strcache.c -o strcache.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g version.c -o version.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g ar.c -o ar.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g arscan.c -o arscan.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g signame.c -o signame.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g remote-stub.c -o remote-stub.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g getopt.c -o getopt.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob -DHAVE_CON

FIG_H -O2 -g getopt1.c -o getopt1.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81\glob>gcc -I. -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H

 -I.. -O2 -g glob.c -o glob.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81\glob>gcc -I. -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H

 -I.. -O2 -g fnmatch.c -o fnmatch.o

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81\glob>ar rv libglob.a glob.o fnm

atch.o

'ar' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Linking...

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc -o make.new @respf.$$$

'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Make.exe build failed...

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So to me it seems like I'm missing something called gcc, so I asked Google what a gcc is, and it pointed me toward the GNU Compiler Collection. After downloading it and reading some of the material, I was disheartened to find that having a working copy of GNU make, among other things, is a prerequisite for installing GCC. So I'm stuck. Can you help me?

Sincerely,

Jeff Freeman
Aerospace Engineering // Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
address@hidden