"make install" error. make (e=2) The system can not find the file specified – Docker

I’ve been searching for a couple of hours already, can’t still find the solution, feeling very frustrated.

I’ve installed make tool with chocolatey and docker, and am trying to build linuxkit tool
https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit
and then using it build linux VM image for Docker

From the README:
"LinuxKit uses the linuxkit tool for building, pushing and running VM images.

Simple build instructions: use make to build. This will build the tool in bin/."

I run make install
but again and again, whatever I do it keeps failing

PS C:UsersTimDesktoplinuxkit-masterlinuxkit-master> make install
cp -R bin/* /usr/local/bin
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, cp -R bin/* /usr/local/bin, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
make: *** [Makefile:78: install] Error 2

In Makefile: 77,78:

install:
    cp -R bin/* $(PREFIX)/bin

I’ve tried changing makefile because there is no such path as usr/local/bin on Windows, but whatever I change it to, the build never succeeds.

I’ve even tried running it on wsl:

root@DESKTOP-GF982I3:/mnt/c/users# cd /mnt/c/Users/Tim/Desktop/linuxkit-master/linuxkit-master
root@DESKTOP-GF982I3:/mnt/c/Users/Tim/Desktop/linuxkit-master/linuxkit-master# make install
cp -R bin/* /usr/local/bin
cp: cannot stat 'bin/*': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:78: install] Error 1
root@DESKTOP-GF982I3:/mnt/c/Users/Tim/Desktop/linuxkit-master/linuxkit-master#

But yet again the error is on the 78th line.

Please, help.

EDIT:

I’ve encountered an error on linux as well

With docker engine installed and daemon running:

tim@tim-vm:~/Desktop/linuxkit/linuxkit-1.0.1$ sudo make
make -C ./src/cmd/linuxkit
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/tim/Desktop/linuxkit/linuxkit-1.0.1/src/cmd/linuxkit'
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
tar cf - -C . . | docker run --rm --net=none --log-driver=none -i -e GOARCH= linuxkit/go-compile:7b1f5a37d2a93cd4a9aa2a87db264d8145944006 --package github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/src/cmd/linuxkit --ldflags "-X github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.GitCommit= -X github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/src/cmd/linuxkit/version.Version="v0.8+"" -o linuxkit > tmp_linuxkit_bin.tar
gofmt...
vendor/github.com/Code-Hex/vz/v3/internal/objc/finalizer_118.go:8:18: expected '(', found '['
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/attest/sbom.go:75:13: expected '(', found '['
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/frontend.go:15:28: expected ';', found '['
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/gateway/client/client.go:17:28: expected ';', found '['
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/solver/result/result.go:16:15: expected ']', found any
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/solver/result/result.go:26:2: expected declaration, found 'if'
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/solver/result/result.go:68:3: expected declaration, found 'return'
vendor/github.com/moby/buildkit/solver/result/result.go:91:2: expected declaration, found 'if'
govet...
golint...
./cache/write.go:357:1: exported method Provider.ImageInCache should have comment or be unexported
sh: exported: unknown operand
make[1]: *** [Makefile:40: tmp_linuxkit_bin.tar] Error 2
make[1]: *** Deleting file 'tmp_linuxkit_bin.tar'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/tim/Desktop/linuxkit/linuxkit-1.0.1/src/cmd/linuxkit'
make: *** [Makefile:61: linuxkit] Error 2

While tweaking makefile file on windows I have encountered a similar problem.

As you can see, the script creates a .tar file but instantly deletes it.

I will re-iterate that main goal is to run linux Docker containers on Windows, and as I’ve read LinuxKit would build specific .iso images for using with Hyper-V that would provide more efficiency such as a faster startup and less CPU and memory overhead compared to a regular Hyper-V machine.

But since I’m having trouble with linuxkit I will have to resort to using regular Hyper-V machine.