Why won't Vim compile my C code?

Answer 1

That error suggests that Vim cannot find make.

Troubleshooting steps:

• Is make installed?
• Is the directory containing the make executable in your path?
• Can you run make from the command line?
• Can you run make from inside of vim?

Information that would help:

• Which version of Windows are you using?

Answer 2

Is the path to make in your system path? I would check there first.

Answer 3

Take a look at Introduction to Programming in C/C++ with Vim.

In this situation VIM is looking for your make.exe. Either put this on the path, or set the variable makeprg e.g.

:set makeprg={path to your make exe}