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Re: gcc will not read its own makefile
RedSonja <Sally.Riedhammer@cassidian.com> writes:
> Jonathan Wakely-4 wrote:
>>
>> On 31 May 2011 13:21, RedSonja wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello. I am porting a big C++ project from Windows to Solaris 9 with
>>> Eclipse
>>> and gnu. It can make its own makefile but then it says:
>>>
>>> gcc -f /export/home/MyPath/Debug/makefile -v
>>
>> Maybe you meant "make -f ..." ?
>>
>> GCC is a compiler, it doesn't read makefiles
>>
>>
>
>
> it says:
>
> (Exec error:Cannot run make)
>
> Why would it say that? I typed make at first. Do I have to install it
> separately?
The "make" program is not part of gcc. You do have to have the make
program installed in order to build gcc or to use a Makefile. If you
don't have a make program, you should install it. I'm sure that Solaris
provides a make program, though perhaps it is not installed by default.
It may be installed in /usr/ccs/bin/make on Solaris, so check that
/usr/ccs/bin is on your PATH.
Ian