swapping make-3.81 with make-3.80 on Ubuntu 10.0.4

[richum]

Hi,

I have just installed Ubuntu 10.0.4 (I am quite new to linux) and I want to swap my current version of make.exe 3.81 with make.exe 3.80 (to be able to setup some other software called geant4).

Now I have located, downoaded and untared make-3.80 in /usr/bin. My question is can I use make3.81, which I still have installed, to create the make3.80 executable?...and eventually delete make-3.81.

I have a link to a make-3.80 executable for cygwin. Can I use this make on my Ubunu system?

Thanks in advance

Rich

[coopstah13]

i'm curious what is wrong with make 3.81? it should work fine, make file syntax should be the same between versions

can you post a specific problem as to why you think you need older version of make?