On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 13:45 -0700, Jeffrey Freeman wrote: > 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:
Hi Jeff; welcome. So, a few things. First, there's a separate mailing list for people using GNU make on Windows: [email protected] Note we're not trying to send you off to the kiddie table here: it's just that the kinds of issues people have on Windows and POSIX-based systems are very different and often the people who are interested in one aren't so interested in the other. So, the people on that mailing list will probably be a lot more helpful than the people here... but that's not to say we won't try to help! First, note that the information you're reading is for building GNU make from source on a POSIX-type system (Linux, Solaris, AIX, *BSD, etc.) What you want to do is read the README.W32 file that comes with GNU make. That gives specific instructions for building make on Windows systems. It discusses what compilers you can use (you don't need to use GCC if you don't want to: you can use MSVC etc.) and how to use them. Of course, even simpler than that is to get a prebuilt binary version of GNU make; that way you don't have to compile it yourself at all. The FSF does not make these available but they ARE available, out there on the inter-tubes somewhere. If Google doesn't know, then surely the folks on the above mailing list will be able to help. Good luck! _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
