Installing GNU Make

Jermaine McBean jmcbean at pace.edu
Mon Nov 29 12:45:44 PST 2004


I typed rehash and it doesn't do anything. I did a make --version and it 
doesn't show me a version.
I found the port and installed it. It works now. I just don't understand 
that make install doesn't work
Wouter van Rooij wrote:

>>I'm trying to install GNU Make 3.8 on FreeBSD 4.10. Everything install
>>fine, but I still get the FreeBSD version of make. I don't know where it
>>installed to. I do:
>>./configure
>>make
>>make install
>>make clean
>>    
>>
>
>Stupid question: have you tried rehash?
>Otherwise go to ftp.freebsd.org en get the tbz ( package of gnu make )
>and run pkg_add file
>Then it must work... if it don't try rehash
>
>Wouter van Rooij
>  
>


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