I cannot seem to run the examples (e.g., Jackpot etc.) Each time I open up my Dev C++ 9.4.2.2, I get the following message box
"There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH or in Dev-C++'s Bin path. Please make sure that you have GNU Make and adjust Bin setting or system PATH environment variable and that make setting in Compiler Option contains correct filename, otherwise you will not be able to compile anything."
I am not sure what that means or where to check GNU Make or how to adjust Bin setting or PATH environment etc. Please help. I have already searched the forum to try to find another posting for this error. Thank you!
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Yes. When others come onto e-forum in our field addressing many of their many questions which seem redundant to us b.c. it is our field, we tend to be helpful without being rude.
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This is a public user forum not an official Dev-C++ support service. As such you need to;
a) think about what you are saying,
b) listen to what others are saying,
c) abide by the conventions of the forum,
d) be somewhat robust to criticism - not everyone is going to be nice to you or suffer fools gladly.
Any support you get is a cooperative process, to be effective you must engage. You have been given answers, but appear to be ignoring them. Your questions are not redundant, but I don't know how many ways you want them answered.
Clifford
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Number 1 (after zero) in the "SOME COMMON PROBLEMS, ANSWERS and HOW-TO's " section of the "PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING A QUESTION". This is not your first post, nor the first time you have directed to that thread. You should have read it by now!
GNU make is what Dev-C++ uses to manage builds. If you do not have Make, it is most likely that you do not have a tool-chain at all and have installed the wrong Dev-C++ distribution (the one containing only Dev-C++ and no MinGW toolchain). If that is not the case, then you may have modified the IDE configuration, or just possibly you are running on Vista, where special instructions apply (also in the Read First thread).
> I have already searched the forum to try to find another posting for this error.
Really!? Did you perhaps us the Search box at the top of the page? That is the SourceForge search and searched for projects. You need the forum search. (on the menu bar; Forums->Search). Searching of "There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH" will get you many, many hits; but the answer is in the Read First thread in any case.
Regardless of that, I recommend that you first copy the example out of the c:\dev-cpp folder. For two reasons:
1) You may want to reference the original code after you have modified it.
2) There is a bug in Dev-C++ that causes project built in c:\dev-cpp or its subfolders to fail to build correctly.
Clifford
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When I go to >Compiler Options>Compiler, Makefile Generation: Use fast but imperfect dependency generation is ticked. When I check Compiler Options>Programs, 'make' references make.exe in Dev-C++>bin. But when I open the folder Dev-C++>bin, I only see one file (i.e., rm.exe). Is the Makefile suppose to go here?
Could you please include the link to where this issue was addressed 'There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH.' When I am on the main forum page for Bloodshed Dev C++, https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=48211
I do not see the search box strictly for the forum.
SourceForge.net > Search
The only search box that I see at the top right hand corner retrieves results for download files.
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The message is ambiguous, it is referring to make.exe, not the makefile. However I have already answered your question. If you only have rm.exe in your bin file, as I suggested you have the wrong distribution of Dev-C++.
> Could you please include the link to where this issue was addressed
I'd rather you found it yourself in the "PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING A QUESTION" thread as I suggested. That thread contains solutions related to most of the problems you have raised on all threads you have started or hijacked. The point of the thread is to reduce traffic for "the same old questions" over and over, which is what you are asking.
> I do not see the search box strictly for the forum.
As I said you do not need to search anything. The solution is in the "Read First" thread. How many times am I gong to have to mention that before you read it!?
However if you do need to search, then I believe I was very clear the first time, but for the hard-of-thinking, there is a menu strip at the top of the forum list below teh SourceForge banner and the project title "Dev-C++". It has items:
And as I said, you need the "Forums" menu, which contains a "Search" item.
What is confusing me is that in one thread you are having linker errors, but in this thread it is clear you do not have a linker! Are you working on more than one machine perhaps?
Clifford
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Hello:
I cannot seem to run the examples (e.g., Jackpot etc.) Each time I open up my Dev C++ 9.4.2.2, I get the following message box
"There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH or in Dev-C++'s Bin path. Please make sure that you have GNU Make and adjust Bin setting or system PATH environment variable and that make setting in Compiler Option contains correct filename, otherwise you will not be able to compile anything."
I am not sure what that means or where to check GNU Make or how to adjust Bin setting or PATH environment etc. Please help. I have already searched the forum to try to find another posting for this error. Thank you!
Yes. When others come onto e-forum in our field addressing many of their many questions which seem redundant to us b.c. it is our field, we tend to be helpful without being rude.
This is a public user forum not an official Dev-C++ support service. As such you need to;
a) think about what you are saying,
b) listen to what others are saying,
c) abide by the conventions of the forum,
d) be somewhat robust to criticism - not everyone is going to be nice to you or suffer fools gladly.
Any support you get is a cooperative process, to be effective you must engage. You have been given answers, but appear to be ignoring them. Your questions are not redundant, but I don't know how many ways you want them answered.
Clifford
Number 1 (after zero) in the "SOME COMMON PROBLEMS, ANSWERS and HOW-TO's " section of the "PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING A QUESTION". This is not your first post, nor the first time you have directed to that thread. You should have read it by now!
GNU make is what Dev-C++ uses to manage builds. If you do not have Make, it is most likely that you do not have a tool-chain at all and have installed the wrong Dev-C++ distribution (the one containing only Dev-C++ and no MinGW toolchain). If that is not the case, then you may have modified the IDE configuration, or just possibly you are running on Vista, where special instructions apply (also in the Read First thread).
> I have already searched the forum to try to find another posting for this error.
Really!? Did you perhaps us the Search box at the top of the page? That is the SourceForge search and searched for projects. You need the forum search. (on the menu bar; Forums->Search). Searching of "There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH" will get you many, many hits; but the answer is in the Read First thread in any case.
Regardless of that, I recommend that you first copy the example out of the c:\dev-cpp folder. For two reasons:
1) You may want to reference the original code after you have modified it.
2) There is a bug in Dev-C++ that causes project built in c:\dev-cpp or its subfolders to fail to build correctly.
Clifford
When I go to >Compiler Options>Compiler, Makefile Generation: Use fast but imperfect dependency generation is ticked. When I check Compiler Options>Programs, 'make' references make.exe in Dev-C++>bin. But when I open the folder Dev-C++>bin, I only see one file (i.e., rm.exe). Is the Makefile suppose to go here?
Could you please include the link to where this issue was addressed 'There doesn't seem to be GNU Make file in PATH.' When I am on the main forum page for Bloodshed Dev C++,
https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=48211
I do not see the search box strictly for the forum.
SourceForge.net > Search
The only search box that I see at the top right hand corner retrieves results for download files.
> Is the Makefile suppose to go here?
The message is ambiguous, it is referring to make.exe, not the makefile. However I have already answered your question. If you only have rm.exe in your bin file, as I suggested you have the wrong distribution of Dev-C++.
> Could you please include the link to where this issue was addressed
I'd rather you found it yourself in the "PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING A QUESTION" thread as I suggested. That thread contains solutions related to most of the problems you have raised on all threads you have started or hijacked. The point of the thread is to reduce traffic for "the same old questions" over and over, which is what you are asking.
> I do not see the search box strictly for the forum.
As I said you do not need to search anything. The solution is in the "Read First" thread. How many times am I gong to have to mention that before you read it!?
However if you do need to search, then I believe I was very clear the first time, but for the hard-of-thinking, there is a menu strip at the top of the forum list below teh SourceForge banner and the project title "Dev-C++". It has items:
And as I said, you need the "Forums" menu, which contains a "Search" item.
What is confusing me is that in one thread you are having linker errors, but in this thread it is clear you do not have a linker! Are you working on more than one machine perhaps?
Clifford