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Re: Installing and Using make-3.80.tar.gz
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Installing and Using make-3.80.tar.gz |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:51:49 +0300 |
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:23:25 +0100
> From: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
>
> I'm usually able to figure things out quite easily, but I'm completely
> lost as to how to install and use the "make-3.80.tar.gz" package I've
> downloaded on my Windows XP system. I've tried to read various pages
> with step-by-step instructions on how to set it up and use it, but
> can't get past the initial steps of running "configure", trying to use
> a different binary make version, specifying the source and destination
> folders, using the "makefile" file, the "install" file, and who knows
> what else. To be honest, I'm quite lost and baffled and completely
> confused with this, and really don't know where to turn.
Do you _really_ need to build Make yourself from sources? If not, I'd
suggest to go to the MinGW site and download a precompiled binary
distribution of Make. It's quite good, in my experience.