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

[Richard Elsberry]

Thanks Larry.

Larry Hall wrote:

> 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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