make on Windows

GnuWin32

Running make from GnuWin32

• Install GnuWin32

  winget install -e --id GnuWin32.Make
  winget install -e --id GnuWin32.Grep
  winget install -e --id GnuWin32.Tree
  

  

• Run make from any cmd.exe or PowerShell

  • Add the location of make.exe to your path

    [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
      "PATH",
      "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\GnuWin32\bin;$env:PATH",
      [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
      )
    

  • To be able to run it you need to restart your current terminal This is the usual process to reload new environment variables

MSYS2

MSYS2 is a collection of tools and libraries providing you with an easy-to-use environment for building, installing and running native Windows software.

winget install -e --id msys2.msys2

Running make from MSYS2

• Run MSYS2 from the start menu

• Install make inside of MSYS2

  pacman -S make
  

• Now you can run make

  which make