Questions tagged [makefile]

Questions relating to makefiles, (The file that contains the instructions for make)

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How do I set up ccache?

I want to use ccache to speed up compilation. I came across How do I enable ccache? . This is what I have done so far: $ sudo apt-get install -y ccache $ dpkg -l ccache ii ccache 3.1.6-1 Compiler cache for fast recompilation of C/C++ code $ whereis…
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What does "./configure; make; make install" do?

What does ./configure do? Why make then make install ? How does it know where libs are? ( they are all there and loaded but it cant find them.) Why need libs if compiler is supposed to compile?
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Error when installing Makefile: "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

In short while I run the make command it says: nir@nir:~/Downloads/xf86-video-intel-2.17.0$ make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. I looked inside the folder-xf86-video-intel-2.17.0 and there is a file named "Makefile.in"…
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How to have Debian packaging generate two packages given an upstream source archive?

I am packaging something for my PPA. The upstream source is a .tar.gz archive which is Makefile-based. Since this package has a significant amount of architecture-independent data, it would be wise to have the build scripts generate two packages:…
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Detect if its Ubuntu Linux OS in Makefile

I want to create a makefile that will compile my objects and name them according to the Linux distro (e.g. Suse, RedHat, or Ubuntu). How can I detect if the OS is Ubuntu or not?
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Getting missing dependency for compilation glib-compile-schemas

I Downloaded empathy-3.0.1.tar.bz2 to install in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS . I ran the makefile and I got the error : configure: error: glib-compile-schemas not found. How can I fix this problem ? Please help me.
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How to get Six (an old KDE game program) running in Kubuntu 20.04

Six was a gold-medal winner several times in a computer games olympiad. The source code is on GitHub https://github.com/melisgl/six/tree/master/six . It has been pinned for a couple of decades, but I would like to bring it up, however I'm not…
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Missing separator in makefile

I have next code in Makefile: CFLAGS=-Wall -g clean: rm -f ex1 When I run "make clean" I receive next error: Makefile:4: * missing separator. Stop. Why? How I can fix it?
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How to clean executable using make clean?

After compiling several *.c and *.h files using make, I cleaned up the object files using make clean. However I don't know how to remove the executable. my makefile code --> CC=gcc CFLAGS=-I. mp1: main.o downloader.o json.o $(CC) -o mp1 main.o…
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My makefile results in: No rule to make target `arch/x86/tools/relocs.c', needed

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I wrote a simple hello world kernel module ( hello.c ). I wrote the folllowing makefile for it: obj-m+=hello.o KDIR:= /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic-pae all: $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules clean: rm -rf…
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Writing a "Hello World" Device Driver for kernel 2.6 using Eclipse

Goal I am trying to write a simple device driver on Ubuntu. I want to do this using Eclipse (or a better IDE that is suitable for driver programming). Here is the code: #include <linux/module.h> static int __init hello_world( void ) { printk( "hello…
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What is a makefile exactly and how we can create one?

I know this is a silly question, but since I am trying so hard to learn linux by myself, I need some help from you fellows. I found this task on the internet and I am trying to solve it but I don't understand exactly how can I use makefiles in linux…
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Using makefile wildcard command for file names with spaces

I have a makefile that I use to compress pictures: src=$(wildcard Photos/*.jpg) $(wildcard Photos/*.JPG) out=$(subst Photos,Compressed,$(src)) all : $(out) clean: @rmdir -r Compressed Compressed: @mkdir Compressed Compressed/%.jpg: Photos/%.jpg…
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Which file is changed after I do "make menuconfig"?

In linux, I thought that the file Makefile is changed after I run make menuconfig . But when I diff Makefile , I don't see any difference. Which file is changed after I do make menuconfig ?
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Bash is abnormal in Makefile!

all, I have found that the same Makefile works well in Mac OS X, but does not work in Ubuntu. The snippet is as following: start: @echo $(seperator) @if [[ "$(PROJECT)" == "" ]]; then \ echo " Project powered by CodeMate!"; \ else \ echo "…
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