10-03-2011, 12:51 PM

I'd say I'm relatively new to Mac and definitely new to programming on a Mac. I'm trying to compile a program to run on my Mac. I looked online and through the forums as much as I could. All the posts I found said that to get the 'make' command you have to install the XCode tools. I have already downloaded the tools from Apple and installed them using the 'XcodeTools.mpkg'. I've rebooted the computer and still I get the error:
make: command not found
I've tried using sudo but I still get the same error.

Is there a way to check and see if they were installed properly?

This is probably a real simple solution but being new I'm missing it.

Any ideas?

10-03-2011, 01:14 PM

You'll know whether or not Xcode was installed if there is a folder at / called "Developer" (in other words, the folder /Developer should exist).

10-03-2011, 01:18 PM

What he said....also if you do have a Developer folder, What is the output of "echo $PATH" in Terminal without the quotes.

10-03-2011, 01:30 PM

@vansmith
Yes there is a "Developer" folder.

@cradom
echo $PATH gives me:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

10-03-2011, 01:38 PM

If you execute the following, do you get anything?

which make

/usr/bin/make should be printed back.

10-03-2011, 01:43 PM

@vansmith
I don't get anything. Just another command prompt.

10-03-2011, 01:58 PM

Do you have /usr/bin/gnumake? If so, it would seem that the symlink wasn't created which can made by executing the following:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gnumake /usr/bin/make

If you don't have gnumake, the appropriate tools haven't been properly installed. If that's the case, reinstall Xcode.

10-03-2011, 02:12 PM

@vansmith
No ... No gnumake. Trying to reinstall XCode ...

10-03-2011, 02:35 PM

When trying to reinstall XCode I get a pop up that says "In order to continue installation, please close the following application:"
"iTunes"

The problem is the installer is the only thing running, unless there are some background processes running that I don't know how to see or kill.

10-03-2011, 02:38 PM

Open Activity Monitor and see if Itunes Helper is running. If so, select it and click the Quit Process button.

10-03-2011, 02:42 PM

Got it ... "iTunes Helper" was running.

10-03-2011, 02:42 PM

@cradom
That was it! Installation resuming.

10-03-2011, 02:47 PM

Got it! I now have a 'make' command!

Thanks @vansmith and @cradom!

03-01-2012, 04:00 PM

For all those that re-installing XCode does not work for, as it didn't for me, you may need more information...

In order to properly work with XCode you need to be registered as an apple developer.
https://developer.apple.com/membercenter

Then, even if you do not get the make command to work you may need to download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode, https://developer.apple.com/downloads

After doing this I was able to get the make command to be recognized.

03-01-2012, 05:08 PM

You don't have to be a registered developer to work with Xcode. You only need to be registered if you want to submit your app to the App Store.