Ubuntu: Error when installing Makefile: "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop." Question: In short while I run the make command it says: nir@nir:~/Downloads/xf86-video-intel-2.17.0$ make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. I looked inside the folder-xf86-video-intel-2.17.0 and there is a file named "Makefile.in" it supposed to be a in file, right? Solutions Sample (Please watch the whole video to see all solutions, in order of how many people found them helpful): == This solution helped 28 people == That happens because there is no file named Makefile in that directory. To create that Makefile, you need to execute $ ./configure The configure script determines if your system has all the dependencies necessary to compile the application. If a dependency is not found, the configure will fail and the Makefile's will not be created. To solve that, you must install all the dependencies needed by the application. The application xf86-video-intel seems to be provided by the xserver-xorg- video-intel package, and its dependencies may be easily installed by running $ sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-intel For more information, you might want to read the README or INSTALL files. == This solution helped 3 people == The make command looks for a file called "Makefile", no extension, not "Makefile.in". Since the file is not found, make does not know what to do, and stops. (The error message is cryptic because in some rare cases, make can guess what to do without an actual Makefile.) Read the instructions on how to compile your program. It's likely that you are required to run ./configure, first. This script will create "Makefile" based on your setup and "Makefile.in". You can temporarily disable the Hebrew locale when looking for help online, just run LC_ALL=C make This will give you English messages. With thanks & praise to God! With thanks to all the many who have made this project possible! | Content (except music & images) licensed under cc by-sa 3.0 | Music & music license: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music | Images & images license: https://stocksnap.io/license and others | With thanks to user yinon (https://askubuntu.com/users/39270), user Mitch (https://askubuntu.com/users/59676), user Lekensteyn (https://askubuntu.com/users/6969), user Jan (https://askubuntu.com/users/23530), user Ian Liu Rodrigues (https://askubuntu.com/users/169835), user DJH (https://askubuntu.com/users/82159), and the Stack Exchange Network (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/103348). Trademarks are property of their respective owners. Disclaimer: All information is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. You are responsible for your own actions. Please contact me if anything should be amiss at Roel D.OT VandePaar A.T gmail.com.