________________________________ From: make-w32-bounces+raleigh.rinehart=ti....@gnu.org [mailto:make-w32-bounces+raleigh.rinehart=ti....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Freeman Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:53 PM To: make-w32@gnu.org Subject: Fwd: Installing GNU make-3.81
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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