Why do I get "make: command not found" (FAQ alert?)

[Larry Hall]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Richard Elsberry wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>What am I missing? When I try to run $make I get the message "bash:
>>make: command not found." I've tried searching all of the archives. The
>>version is 1.3.22-1.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Richard
> 
> 
> You're missing the "make" package.  In the future, if you'd like to find
> out which package contains a particular command, use the package search
> page at <http://cygwin.com/packages/> and search for, in this example,
> "bin/make(.exe| )".
> 	Igor
> P.S. I had a nagging feeling this was somewhere in the FAQ, but couldn't
> find it.  If it's not there already, could this be added?

Looks like I goofed on my reply and sent it only to Richard.

The FAQ entry for this is:

What packages should I download?
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC13>

But I wouldn't mind if it were augmented to something like the following:

What packages should I download or how do I find out which package xxx
utility is in?

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