as I remember it, in 7.0 unless you did the "developer" (as opposed to server or desktop/workstation) you might not have gotten all the packages. I believe you can upgrade from the cds. On Saturday 28 July 2001 10:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 Complete on my PC, it works so far. > > I now wanted to install a new application I got from the internet as tar > file. After untaring it I followed the installation instruction. The first > step was to type 'make'. And what happened? I got the error message: > > 'bash: make: command not found' > > I issued a find to look for the make command, but there is no make command. > I tried the same on a RedHat installation I have and it worked there and by > the way the make command there is under /usr/bin. > > But under Mandrake there is nothing. > > I think I must be doing somethin wrong, I don't believe, that it is not > possible to install applications using make under Mandrake Linux complete. > > Can somebody help?