Re: GNU Make on Windows

[Kaz Kylheku (gmake)]

On 2020-07-31 08:45, Sarah Toth wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to install GNU Make on my windows OS because it is a 
> required
> dependency of elevation 1.0.6 <https://pypi.org/project/elevation/>.

This project assumes a Unix (possibly even Linux). Look at this 
statement
on their main page:

"GNU make, curl and unzip come pre-installed with most operating 
systems"

Obviously, these developers, or whoever they put in charge of writing 
the
content of the project page, are not familiar with proprietary Unix 
systems
like Solaris or AIX, yet are making a confident statement about "most
operating systems".

Say, are all three programs *pre-installed* on a vanilla install of Mac 
OS?

By "most operating systems", they probably "most distributions of 
GNU/Linux".
You know, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, ...

So based on that, I would brace myself for a cross-platform experience 
that
involves a lot of DIY.

> Currently I have GnuWin32 
> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/getgnuwin32/>
> installed here
> C:\Users\stoth\Documents\GetGnuWin32\gnuwin32
>
> However, i still get a "'GNU Make' not found or not usable." error. Any
> ideas on what to do?

Since the elevation project seems to assume a Linux environment, your
best bet will be to use Cygwin, whose explicit goal it is to create a
Linux-like environment on Microsoft Windows. Or else, perhaps try
Microsoft's WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux. That requires Windows 10
or Server 2019.

Or else, contact the elevation project to ask them whether any of the
maintainers, or any users, are working on Windows, and can they share
the details of their setup. That could be a major shortcut toward
productivity.