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title: "I'm trying to compile BIND 9 and \"make\" is failing"
slug: "aa-00291"
description: "To build BIND 9, make sure you're not using a parallel or distributed \"make\"."
updated: 2018-10-05T20:39:54Z
published: 2018-10-05T20:39:54Z
canonical: "kb.isc.org/aa-00291"
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# I'm trying to compile BIND 9 and "make" is failing due to files not being found. Why?

Using a parallel or distributed `make` (for example, `make -j` or `dmake`) to build BIND 9 is not supported, and doesn't work reliably; in some cases it will cause dependencies to be unavailable while building. If you are using one of these, use normal `make` or `gmake` instead.