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

Wed Aug 13 15:39:00 GMT 2003

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On 2003年8月13日, 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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