# Cannot even build a basic project

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/cannot-even-build-a-basic-project/34534>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [July 25, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/cannot-even-build-a-basic-project/34534 "2019-07-25T14:00:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hbina085](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@hbina085](https://forum.juce.com/u/hbina085)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/cannot-even-build-a-basic-project/34534/1 "2019-07-25T14:00:47Z")

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I have no idea what I am doing wrong.  
I am currently using Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 5.12.  
I have all the build tools installed : gcc, g++, make, cmake etc etc  
But the button to build a new project is not enabled.  
There is not even a way to tell JUCE where to find the binary (there’s only stuff for Android)  
The tutorial given assumed everything will work out of the box.  
Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/daniel/32/790_2.png) [@daniel](https://forum.juce.com/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/cannot-even-build-a-basic-project/34534/2 "2019-07-25T14:16:28Z")

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In the folder Builds/LinuxMakefile you find the Makefile, so just type

```auto
cd Builds/LinuxMakefile
make -j 4

```

I think because there is no default IDE, the button is greyed out.

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**Author:** ![hbina085](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dbc845/32.png) [@hbina085](https://forum.juce.com/u/hbina085)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/cannot-even-build-a-basic-project/34534/3 "2019-07-25T16:04:55Z")

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Any way to fix this? Like you said, how to set a default IDE?

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**Author:** ![jrlanglois](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/jrlanglois/32/21372_2.png) [@jrlanglois](https://forum.juce.com/u/jrlanglois)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/cannot-even-build-a-basic-project/34534/4 "2019-07-25T17:55:06Z")

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There’s no “fix” because you can’t - Linux operating systems don’t have a default IDE. Projucer isn’t designed to have you associate any particular IDE either - its goal is fundamentally to generate projects files and manage projects in a genericised cross-platform way.

All (?) IDEs on Linux support Makefiles, so that’s the common point for you to start development.