bash: make: command not found

ball ox

ok, first off I should probably mention that I am very much a Linux newby so sorry if any of this is retarded.....

I am trying to follow these instruction:

1. Mandriva users need to install wvdial and make.
2. Once you do that, go to this website:
http://oozie.fm.interia.pl/pro/huawei-e220/
3. Download huawei.tar.bz2,
4. ... and from command line do the following:

$ tar xjvf huawei.tar.bz2
$ cd huawei
$ su
# make install_mandriva
... and follow GUI instructions.

only problem is, the make command wont work. If I type 'man make' i get the make manual so I'm assuming make is installed. Anyone have any ideas?

thanks,

ball-ox

bushy...

Does it just do nothing or do a small bit and die ? You'll need ( from bottom of that page) these : make ,gcc , ncurses-devel , ncurses ,xterm installed first .

ball ox

ah.... didnt see the small print :rolleyes:

downloaded them and its working fine now thanks. There seems to be quite alot of imortant things that dont come on the live cd, anyone know of a 'package' of all the essentials that can be downloaded from somewhere?

bman

The reason they don't put these in their by default is because most people won't need to compile anything and just use the pre-compiled programs. You'll often find when you go to compile things that you'll need a pile of other programs that you don't have and it's just a matter of going and getting them.

ball ox

fair enough, well I wont be doing much compiling myself so I should be safe enough then. Thanks.