bash - make command not found

Question

I have created make file named Makefile in my linux ec2 server.

all: a b

a: daemon.cpp dictionary_exclude.cpp
        g++ -o a daemon.cpp dictionary_exclude.cpp -lpthread -std=c++0x -L.

b: user_main.cpp client.cpp
        g++ -o b user_main.cpp client.cpp

I could run each of this independently successfull.

But when I execute

make
make -f Makefile

It says make : -bash: make: command not found

Any idea? I can see manually for make is available through man make

see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9544200/how-can-i-use-install-make-on-the-amazon-linux-ami-for-ec2 — Jayesh Bhoi, Feb 11 '14 at 12:31
`man make` will give you some documentation about the `make` command. you can install the documentation without installing `make` itself, so `man make` is *not* a good test to check whether a program is installed. — umläute, Feb 11 '14 at 13:43

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '14 at 11:50

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Please execute following command to install make in your system

sudo yum install build-essential

answered Feb 11 '14 at 11:50

Rahul R Dhobi

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`build-essential` is for `apt-get`, the `"Development Tools"` package is the equivalent under `yum` – buley Sep 30 '14 at 05:37

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 27 '20 at 16:42

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In CentOS or Red Hat, try this:

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

edited Feb 27 '20 at 16:42

Jon Senchyna

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answered Jun 28 '15 at 20:50

tonysok

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 11 '14 at 11:39

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It might be that you have not installed binutils http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Binutils or you have not set your PATH variable to the correct location of bin utils.

answered Feb 11 '14 at 11:39

Pradheep

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`make` is not part of the `binutils` package. – Keith Thompson Jun 28 '15 at 21:05

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 29 '19 at 10:41

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sudo apt-get install build-essential on Ubuntu 16 worked for me

answered Oct 29 '19 at 10:41

techkuz

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bash - make command not found

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