yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
or
yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel
Answer from CagedMantis on Stack Overflowsoftware installation - How do you install Make from source? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
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How to yum install all available packages and ignore those that do not exist?
How do you manually install java openjdk?
Do you have any specific problem with yum?
Normally you would do yum install make
Or, maybe, sudo yum install make
Wow :-), Ok, i write the standard Make reference here, you take your pick on the source.
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/make-3.81.tar.bz2
tar xfj make-3.81.tar.bz2
./configure
make
sudo make install
And, while you are there, might want to reinstall yum too...
Good to hear you have fixed it.
Just download rpm:
wget http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/centos/5.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
and install it via rpm:
rpm -ivh make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
make is in the make package, part of the "Development Tools" group which you should install before attempting to build anything.
if your question is how to install make on redhat then you can do it using command yum install make.
if yum not work then try to set proxy URL to the proxy server in file /etc/yum.conf.
Cross-compile the toolchain on another system to your target architecture (whatever the VM is emulating) and then copy it over via FTP or SCP.
I just double checked and CentOS 5.2 already includes make!
I found it also in one of the online mirrors, if it is easier for you:
http://centos.cogentcloud.com/5/os/i386/CentOS/make-3.81-3.el5.i386.rpm
if you installed the 64 bit version:
http://centos.cogentcloud.com/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
Try to get yum , its really incredible that make is not on your distrib, have you tried gmake ?