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Program "make" is not found in PATH

CCS: Program "make" is not found in PATH

Ali Movahedi
Intellectual 840 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5359, MSP430WARE

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Yes please, I just installed my CCS version  Version: 8.1.0.00011  and tried to build and I got make not found in PATH error.  Please help anyone.

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    TI__Guru**** 173310 points
    Ali,

    Could you please provide more details?

    - Are you trying to build an example project from TI or your own project? Could you import and build a TI example project for your device/platform and confirm whether that builds fine?
    - Try importing your project into a new workspace
    - In your project Properties->Build->Builder tab, check that the "Use default build command" is enabled
  • 0 in reply to AartiG
    Intellectual 840 points

    Hello AartiG,

    Thank you for your reply.  Yes this project was created by ours.  Where I can down load the sample project made by TI please.

    Thanks.

  • 0 in reply to Ali Movahedi
    TI__Guru**** 173310 points
    Which device and target board are you working with?
  • 0 in reply to AartiG
    Intellectual 840 points

    I use msp430f5359 and custom board.  It seems this problem exist in CCS since 2010.

  • 0 in reply to Ali Movahedi
    TI__Guru**** 173310 points

    Ali Movahedi said:
    Where I can down load the sample project made by TI please.

    For MSP430 devices, you can find example projects in MSP430Ware. In CCS 8.1 you can easily download and install MSP430Ware using Resource Explorer. Open Resource Explorer from the View menu, expand Software, select the latest version of MSP430Ware and click on the icon to Download and Install. After installing it, start CCS with a new workspace, then navigate to the examples for the specific device you are working it. Select any project and click on the icon to import it into the CCS IDE. Then build to check whether it generates the same "make" is not found in PATH error. Try it with a few different projects. This should help isolate if the build error happens only with your custom project or for all projects.

  • 0 in reply to AartiG
    TI__Expert 4915 points
    HI AartiG,

    I've been working with Ali on this post offline. This version of CCS is installed on a Windows 10 PC. We seem to have narrowed down the problem to an issue around Windows hiding or blocking the ability to run "gmake.exe". This looks to be related to Windows 10's security features, which we are unable to disable without administrator privileges. Since this is a work machine, we are unable to do so but the temporary fix is to use a different computer.

    Have you seen a similar problem to this?

    Thanks,
    Mitchell
  • 0 in reply to Mitchell
    Guru 26200 points

    Hi All,

    I am not a Win10 specialist nor MS Windows fan.

    In my modest opinion CCS and all other program packages should be installed with an admin privileges.
    To do that you need:

    right click on ccs_setup_8.1.xyz
    and select "Run as an Administrator".

    Could you check the properties of gmake.exe in this terrible installation.
    In my case path is c:\ti\ccs810\ccsv8\utils\bin\gmake.exe
    Unfortunately I am using a Polish version of Win10 however I hope the picture below would help you to setup
    the access properties for other users.

  • 0 in reply to Mitchell
    TI__Guru**** 173310 points

    Mitchell said:
    We seem to have narrowed down the problem to an issue around Windows hiding or blocking the ability to run "gmake.exe". This looks to be related to Windows 10's security features, which we are unable to disable without administrator privileges.

    We have heard of issues in the past where an anti-virus, security software or Windows firewall prevents access to gmake and causes these types of problems. Please see this link.

    The solution is to temporarily disable the offending software or to try whitelisting CCS and its build utilities.