GNU Make

When I try to use the make unintall or make (anything) it doesnt work, it tells me that make is not a recognised command. My distro is Kubuntu 6.10. Please help!

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When I try to use the make unintall/install or just make (anything) it doesnt work, it tells me that make is not a recognised command. My distro is Kubuntu 6.10. Please help! Yes i was in the super user mode by typing su before the make. What do I need to do to make the make work. I am trying to install the ndiswrapper utility, I have the file unziped and go into the folder in a terminal, so yes im in the right place. I also have allready attained the drivers needed for my wireless adapter to work.

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Gord Allott (gordallott) said : 		#1

to compile programs using ubuntu you first have to install the 'build-essentials' package, which will provide you with all the things you need to compile.
"sudo apt-get install build-essential"

you should also never ever compile things in super user mode, its a recipe for disaster, you should only be super user when you run the 'make install' command, not when you are just running the 'make' command

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