Make (software)

Make 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).

Activities

1. Create your first Makefile

See also

• Programming languages
• Build: Make (makefile), automake, make install, make build, configure, check

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