Why am I getting an error in VSC for writing Hello World in c?

Question

My code is correct but when I write Make hello in the terminal, there is an error.

I expected Hello World to appear but there was an error instead, even when everything was correct. This is what my code looks like:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    printf ("hello, world");
}

This is what it says when I type "make hello":

PS C:\Harvard Tutorial> make hello
make : The term 'make' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling ofthe name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ make hello
+ ~~~~    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (make:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Do you have `make` installed and on your PATH (or whatever Windows calls it)? — ndc85430, Dec 29 '22 at 16:48
Make needs to be installed. On Windows, you can install it from [MSYS2](https://stackoverflow.com/q/30069830/2752075) using `pacman -S make`. It will be installed to `C:\msys64\usr\bin\make.exe`, so that directory must be in the PATH. — HolyBlackCat, Dec 29 '22 at 16:49
Note also that `make` _compiles_ the program; it doesn't _run_ it. — ndc85430, Dec 29 '22 at 16:49
(Assuming you're on Windows): you can add "C:\msys64\usr\bin" to your %PATH% variable like this: 1) Start > This PC > Properties > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables > System environment variables > Path > Edit. See also: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw — paulsm4, Dec 29 '22 at 17:10

Md Ausaf Rashid · Answer 1 · 2022-12-29T17:10:01.347

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You need to install MinGW-w64 in your Windows machine. After that add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to the path. You can do that by going to the control panel then go to System then Advanced system settings and then Environment variables. In that go to system variables, then to Path, and then add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to the path.

To learn more, checkout this guide.

edited Dec 29 '22 at 17:10

answered Dec 29 '22 at 16:53

Md Ausaf Rashid

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MinGW-w64 should be preferred, IMO. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25582110/what-is-the-difference-between-mingw-mingw-w64-and-mingw-builds – HolyBlackCat Dec 29 '22 at 16:54
@HolyBlackCat Thanks for the information. I guess I can make an edit to my answer then. – Md Ausaf Rashid Dec 29 '22 at 16:56
You're still linking to the non-w64 one. :P – HolyBlackCat Dec 29 '22 at 17:09
Oh yes. Fixed it. :) – Md Ausaf Rashid Dec 29 '22 at 17:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 29 '22 at 16:49

Try to open the CMD (not the powershell) and write

where make

this shoud show the position for the exe of "make" if it is in the path inside the Windows Ambient Variables.

If show a information like "unable to find", add "make" into the Windows Ambient Variables (in the path variable) and restart your pc

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 29 '22 at 16:52

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For you example you can just use gcc hello.c. To use Make you need create a makefile google cmake and that will help you generate a makefile.

answered Dec 29 '22 at 16:52

Chuck

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`make` can do simple operations without makefiles. – HolyBlackCat Dec 29 '22 at 16:53

Why am I getting an error in VSC for writing Hello World in c?

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