Compile C File Using Makefile On Windows

Question

I have a project with a .c file and a Makefile containing "compilation rules" for the gcc compiler. I'm having trouble finding a way to compile it into an executable on my Windows 8 machine. It was straight-forward on Ubuntu .

It should also be as simple as installing gcc and using the command line to switch to that directory and using the make command.

I'm stuck at the installation part since I can't find an easy or well documented solution.

Please suggest me a piece of software for this task. I do need step-by-step instructions to make the make command available on the command line globally using eg MinGW since it doesn't do it itself nor tells anything about it.

Answer 1

You need to modify the PATH variable so it includes the directory for your MinGW binaries:

C:\>echo %PATH%
...;D:\bin-win64\mingw64\bin;...

For more information, see

https://superuser.com/questions/502358/easier-way-to-change-environment-variables-in-windows-8