Run make on windows

How to run a makefile in Windows? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 9 months ago. Active 7 months ago. Viewed k times. Kim Kim 2, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. I should mention that I'm more of a Linux person but I need to use Windows right now, so I'm a little clueless. Very clear guide is given here — Scott.

Possible duplicate of stackoverflow. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Marcelo Cantos Marcelo Cantos k 37 37 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. How do I run the visual studio command prompt from the start menu?

Alright I figured it out. But of course it wouldn't compile because of errors. Just my luck. Thanks though. NSD: You can try other "make"s, but such files are usually written against nmake's dialect and with the assumption that VS is installed and on the path. You might find that the free VS Express suffices. MarceloCantos I am a noob to Linux and Making.

What if I have. I don't have any. I am trying to make wget, btw. Show 11 more comments. You are amazing, thanks so much. Runs as if trying the Makefile on a native Linux environment, but in windows!

You saved my day! Frank Frank 2, 16 16 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. I just had to check, during installation, some packages in Devel : 'make' and also 'gcc' as explained here. Check out GnuWin 's make for windows , which provides a native port for Windows without requiring a full runtime environment like Cygwin If you have winget , you can install via the CLI like this: winget install GnuWin KyleMit Sean Lynch Sean Lynch 5, 2 2 gold badges 41 41 silver badges 45 45 bronze badges.

You also might want to consider changing the install directory to avoid spaces and parenthesis as they can cause issues running the CLI — KyleMit. Plus, you can add arguments after the command, such as make. Maria Ines Parnisari It's probably better to add bin directory to PATH environment variable. This will make make. I think its done by default - at least that was the case when I installed gnuwin Of course copying the files is bad practice anyway.

It is not done by default or not in my case. By adding it to the path, then you can run make from the project folder. Afghan tradition allows girls the freedom of boys. Djokovic faces deportation as Australia revokes visa again. Illinois judge removed from criminal cases after he tosses sexual assault conviction for year-old: report. Wisconsin troops to help free up hospital beds.

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W32 file. Then you'll need to take the resulting folder, store it where you want, and add to path or create an alias in PowerShell to run the exe. Only prebuilt binary I could find is hosted on Chocolatey. The Winget and AppGet website seems to still be running at time of post though it was supposed to shut down packages are still the old 3.

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A bit of research revealed two possibilities: The accepted answer to this very similar question: How to use makefiles on Windows , suggests to use Cygwin. Improve this question. Community Bot 1. Malte Skoruppa Malte Skoruppa 1 1 gold badge 4 4 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Leo Chapiro Leo Chapiro 15k 5 5 gold badges 38 38 silver badges 44 44 bronze badges.

Ah yes, I did find that, but discarded that possibility because the last update to that project was about 8 years ago.