Install Make on Windows

Method 1: Install with MSYS2

Download the installer from https://www.msys2.org/.

Install make with the command:

pacman -S make

Add the following path to PATH:

D:\Documents\msys64\usr\bin

Download GunWin make from here.

Download both the "Binaries" and "Dependencies" Zip files.

Create a folder for Make in a known location, for example, D:\Documents\Make.

Unzip the "make-3.81-bin.zip" first to the newly created folder, then merge the content in "make-3.81-dep.zip" to the newly created folder.

Content inside "bin" after the merge

Add D:\Documents\Make\bin to PATH.

Now make is installed on the system. Run make to invoke.

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