UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm new to the admin world, and I'm trying to install the GNU C Compiler to work on my project.

I got the source code, and was able to configure it. Most of the info I've read tells me the next step is to run a command called "make". when I run it, I get a "command not found" message. I've looked around, and found make in my binaries (I believe it's in usr/ccs/bin, not sure...). The man page even works. There is a makefile.in file in the target folder as well. Do I need to add something to my command path to make it work? Thanks.

BTW, I'm running SunOS 5.9, Sun Blade 2000.


ECB

Make sure the path to "make" is in your path ($PATH). For make to work, a Makefile is needed. Makefile.in is used to construct the final Makefile, usually through a "configure" script. If there is no Makefile, usually you need to do the configure step, or similar operations to generate the Makefile first.

Thanks cbi. I erred in my last message. there's just a makefile in the folder. Seemed to be going along fine when I got a "command failed for target libiberty.a' error message. I'm looking that one up now.

Bear in mind that you could just download a pre-built version of gcc from http://www.sunfreeware.com and have it running in 5 minutes.

I tried that. Did a pkgadd -d to intall it, then made sure it was there with pkginfo. Couldn't configure any projects, so I got the source. Any suggestions?