Make (software)

wikipedia:Make (software) (1976) is a build automation tool that automatically builds executable programs and libraries from source code by reading files called Makefiles which specify how to compile the target program.

Other build automation tools includes: Rake, Cake, MSBuild, Ant, Maven or Gradle (Java).

• macOS: brew install make

Activities

1. Create your first Makefile

Related terms

• automake
• make install

#!/usr/bin/make -f

See also

• Programming languages: C, glibc, musl, C++, gcc, Conan, make, Class warfare, Clang, Hello, World! (C), puts, array, Lisp
• Build: Make (makefile), automake, make install, make build, configure, check

https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html