10.54. Make-4.2.1

The Make package contains a program for compiling packages.

10.54.1. Installation of Make

Prepare Make for compilation:

./configure \
    --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

10.54.2. Contents of Make

Installed program: make

Short Descriptions

make

Automatically determines which pieces of a package need to be (re)compiled and then issues the relevant commands