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

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
– umläute, Commented Feb 11, 2014 at 13:43

Rahul R Dhobi · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-11 11:50:40Z

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Please execute following command to install make in your system

sudo yum install build-essential

answered Feb 11, 2014 at 11:50

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buley Over a year ago

build-essential is for apt-get, the "Development Tools" package is the equivalent under yum

Jon Senchyna · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-27 16:42:21Z

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In CentOS or Red Hat, try this:

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

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Pradheep · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-11 11:39:17Z

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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, 2014 at 11:39

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Keith Thompson Over a year ago

make is not part of the binutils package.

techkuz · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-29 10:41:57Z

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

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