i am not able to create a executable file using make

[manikantaraju]

I am not able to create a executable file using make.the make file which i wrote worked in fedora but it is not working in Ubuntu.I installed Ubuntu using virtual box manager in my system.

Please tell me shall i have to install any package,so that makefile will work?

[manikantaraju]

a

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

build-essential?