i can't use 'make' in my computer?

Applications Programming
1

I need to compile a file,but 'make' does
not work.please tell me how to use it or
need which tools?

2

what r u trying to compile??? Acctually make is not a compiler.

quote man make:

  make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs

Please, put your question a litle bit more specific.
Regards.
:stuck_out_tongue:

3

Can you paste exactly what happens when you type make?
We don't know if you don't have it installed, or if you don't have a Makefile set up (i.e. need to run ./configure first), or need to supply an argument to it...

Please give as much information as possible.

4

Thank you for help.
firstly,I want to install Mysql in sco open
server.But it need to unzip.So i download
gzip-1.2.4.tar file from www.gzip.org.
I operate it following the website.
It is:
tar xvf gzip-1.2.4.tar
cd gzip-1.2.4
./configure
make
But I can't use the 'make' command.
I think that there is no c compile
in my operating system.
So i have to have a c compile.But i
haven't.please tell me how to deal
with it.