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I'm trying to install DOCK 6.3 on my computer. I'm using the latest version of both DOCK for the install and Cygwin.

Following the directions outlined here DOCK 6.3 User Manual

I type in the prompt ./configure Makefile and it creates a header file titled config.h

I then type in make dock and I get a "command not found message". This tells me that cygwin does not have the make package. I went to Index of /pub/gnu/make to download the package and extracted the files. The question is what do I do next to make Cygwin understand that the package is there? Any help would be appreciated.

With Cygwin, you don't have to manually download & extract additional software. Use the setup.exe you've used to install Cygwin to install make, as that will pull in any possible dependencies too.

I used setup to install the package and still the make command is not registered by Cygwin.

This shouldn't be. Can you post the relevant parts of the error message when you run make?

bash: make: command not found

Check if make is where it's supposed to be:

Code:

ls -l /usr/bin/make

If it isn't, you might have installed it into the wrong directory. If it is, it should have execute permissions ('-rwxr-xr-x+'). If it does, try calling it with the full path by entering /usr/bin/make.

I'm reinstalling Cygwin so we'll see what happens. This time it actually found the make package and is installing it accordingly.

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Ok I think I'm almost there but I can't seem to finish the installation because it cannot find a parser. I downloaded the bison package using the setup utility and added the definition in the config file that the manual gives ( DOCK 6 FAQ )
After this I typed in ./configure and then make install but I still end up with this error:

make [2] : bison -y : Command not found


Nevermind the 'bison -y' should not be in quotes. Installation complete! Yay!