Download, Build and Install Make 3.81 to a Local Directory From a tar.gz

This post lists the instructions to download, build and install Make 3.81 to a local directory.

Before running these instructions CD into a directory you want to install in.

Commands

# Save directory

INSTALLDIR=$(pwd)

# Put a custom bin folder in place and update the path to check it first

LOCALTOOLS=$(pwd)/tools

echo $LOCALTOOLS

mkdir -p $LOCALTOOLS

echo export PATH=$LOCALTOOLS/bin:$PATH > set_env.sh

source ./set_env.sh

# Test it

mkdir -p $LOCALTOOLS/bin

echo echo Hello > $LOCALTOOLS/bin/test-set_env.sh

chmod +x $LOCALTOOLS/bin/test-set_env.sh

test-set_env.sh # You should see “Hello”

#Get and install make-3.81 locally

CURDIRBEFOREMAKE=$(pwd)

LOCALPACKAGE=$(pwd)/package

echo $LOCALPACKAGE

mkdir -p $LOCALPACKAGE

cd $LOCALPACKAGE

wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.81.tar.gz

tar -xvzf $LOCALPACKAGE/make-3.81.tar.gz

cd make-3.81

./configure –prefix=$LOCALTOOLS

make

sudo make install

cd $CURDIRBEFOREMAKE

#Test make

cd $INSTALLDIR

source ./set_env.sh

which make # you should see $LOCALTOOLS/bin/make

make –version # should show GNU Make 3.81

Reference

GNU image from link.