Fwd: Installing GNU make-3.81

Dear Sir/Madam,

Let me preface by saying this is my first venture into the GNU realm. I am
using MS Windows Vista, and while I'm trying to be a big kid, I may need
someone to hold my hand as I cross the street.

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:

.\configure
.\sh build.sh     (since this is my first 'make' program)
.\make check
.\make install
.\make clean

However, when I try to use '.\configure', I get the following error:

|   C:\Users\Jeff\Documents\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>.\configure
|       Configuring MAKE for DJGPP
|       'update' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
|       operable program or batch file.
|       The Vdm Redirector is already loaded
|       No Make program found--use DOSBUILD.BAT to build Make.

So then I ran '.\dosbuild' and got the following response:


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C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>.\dosbuild
Building Make for MSDOS

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g commands.c -o commands.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g job.c -o job.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g dir.c -o dir.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g file.c -o file.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g misc.c -o misc.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g main.c -o main.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -DINCLUDEDIR=\"c:/djgpp/include\" -O2 -g read.c -o read.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -DLIBDIR=\"c:/djgpp/lib\" -O2 -g remake.c -o remake.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g rule.c -o rule.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g implicit.c -o implicit.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g default.c -o default.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g variable.c -o variable.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g expand.c -o expand.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g function.c -o function.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g vpath.c -o vpath.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g hash.c -o hash.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g strcache.c -o strcache.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g version.c -o version.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g ar.c -o ar.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g arscan.c -o arscan.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g signame.c -o signame.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g remote-stub.c -o remote-stub.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g getopt.c -o getopt.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc  -c -I. -I./glob
-DHAVE_CON
FIG_H -O2 -g getopt1.c -o getopt1.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81\glob>gcc -I. -c
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H
 -I.. -O2 -g glob.c -o glob.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81\glob>gcc -I. -c
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H
 -I.. -O2 -g fnmatch.c -o fnmatch.o
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81\glob>ar rv libglob.a glob.o
fnm
atch.o
'ar' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Linking...

C:\Users\Jeff\DOCUME~1\Desktop\Desktop\make-3.81>gcc -o make.new @respf.$$$
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Make.exe build failed...

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So to me it seems like I'm missing something called gcc, so I asked Google
what a gcc is, and it pointed me toward the GNU Compiler Collection. After
downloading it and reading some of the material, I was disheartened to find
that having a working copy of GNU make, among other things, is a
prerequisite for installing GCC. So I'm stuck. Can you help me?

Sincerely,

Jeff Freeman
Aerospace Engineering // Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
[email protected]

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