GraalVM mx build error: Could not find a GNU make executable on the current path-CodePudding

I was trying to setup GraalVM on a Ubuntu 22.04 DigitalOcean droplet.

After setting up the JAVA_HOME environment variable and adding mx to the PATH variable, running the mx build command in the graal/compiler folder produces the following error:

File "/home/javaApplications/graal/truffle/mx.truffle/suite.py", line 796 in definition of libffi:
Could not find a GNU make executable on the current path.

Please note that I've already found a solution to this question and want to share it with anyone running into the same issue. Look for my answer below and see if it helps.

CodePudding user response：

The issue was that make wasn't installed on my DigitalOcean droplet and had to be added to PATH.

So I installed it and added it to PATH via the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install make
which make
export PATH=<copy output from which make>:$PATH

// Then run the initial command:
mx build

Afterwards, if you get an error about a C compiler not being found, you'll have to install one and add it to PATH. Use the following commands to do so:

sudo apt install build-essential
which gcc
export PATH=<copy output from which gcc>:$PATH

// Then run the initial command:
mx build

Hope this helps!