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GeoEki
GeoEki

Reputation: 437

cygwin doesn't execute make

I am very new to cygwin and recently installed it because I need to compile some fortran files. I installed all libraries (and its dependencies) I need, but when I execute make to run the makefile, nothing is happening:

user@PC1 ~
$ make

user@PC1 ~
$

No error, no nothing. When I directly execute the file contained in the makefile: same result. All files required are contained in my folder where I run make. However, the package seems to be installed just fine when I call where make or which make. I reinstalled everything multiple times, but still nothing is happening. I then tried to bind the MinGW make so I can use it in cygwin and by calling this version of make, I receive the error I'd expect:

user@PC1 ~
$ mymake
C:\mingw\bin\mingw32-make.exe: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

Unfortunately, I need the make-package from cygwin itself to work, but I have no idea what's going on. Any hints? Calling make.exe doesn't work either.

Update: I just installed cygwin and all required packages on my laptop and there everything works as intended...no problems in runing make.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5005

Answers (1)

Fluffy
Fluffy

Reputation: 922

I had the same problem and managed to fix this following those steps:

  • Open the cygwin setup and completely uninstall make (reinstalling failed for me). If you haven't deleted the download folder yet, you can select "Install from Local Directory" to make things faster.
  • Once uninstalled, re-run the setup again and check make, install the dependencies if needed.

Tested with make version 4.2.1-1 on my system, and got it working again.

Upvotes: 4

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