Questions tagged [makefile]
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How to run make file from any directory?
In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even if i am in any directory?
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RPC header not found despite being installed
I'm trying to install MB-system on my Arch Linux machine. I installed all necessary dependencies and have the package libtirpc installed.
When running the configure script, it ends with:
checking rpc/...
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Why don’t make check the timestamp when the dependency file is not generated?
I create an ugly Makefile, it worked beyond my expectations. When main.o is not built successfully, the executable is built every time I make. In my opinion, after the main.o target command is ...
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Can't use Makefile on a mac. Whether tab or 4 spaces the error is: " *** missing separator. Stop."
I am using an M1 powered mac. I am trying to use makefile in a project and to my surprise, no matter what I do it ends being a missing separator error. my Makefile below won't run no matter what. I ...
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Variables not being set in Makefile
I have to set the profile variable in Makefile, if it's not set by default, here is my approach.
But when I run this, echo statements work fine, but variables are not being set.
set_vars:
if [ &...
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What exactly cmake say: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ledit or /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcurses?
I am using ubuntu 20.04.
I am doing debugging of building with cmake.
What exactly cmake say: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ledit, i.e.what is ledit?
What is /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcurses exactly?
I ...
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Makefile with source command not working
I have the following Makefile
env:
source venv/bin/activate
When I do make env to activate a python virtual env, I'm getting the following error
source venv/bin/activate make: source: No such ...
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How to use makefiles on Windows
I have a LaTeX project using make files for compilation and want to write the texts on Windows using Kile.
I had a quick look on google but only really came up with Make for Windows the last version ...
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cd in a Makefile doesn't seems to be taken into account after sshfs
I have a Makefile with a sshfs command followed with a cd command:
mr: # mount-remote
sshfs -p 5022 -o nonempty [email protected]:mnt /home/julien/myworking_path
cd ./...
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How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?
I'm writing a makefile that will clean up some useless files at the end of the compilation. If a target has already been made, it will of course skip that target and the useless file may not be there....
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How to setup vim to edit both Makefile and normal code files with two different types of indentation?
I am using Mac OSX 10.7.5, the contents of .vimrc is as follow:
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
set shiftround
set smarttab
set autoindent
set copyindent
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Makefile support for Tiny C Compiler
I just found the brilliant Tiny C Compiler while searching for a small portable C compiler for Windows (I cannot install anything on this system or copy files to it and so need to compile directly on ...
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Makefile: Why command sequece is executed before call it?
Below makefile, ${PATH}/CMD0.log is generated by CMD0.
check_file is command sequence to check warnings from CMD0.log. First it will check if CMD0.log exists.
When run make clean; make, it shows CMD0....
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A try to write a batch script to find all the .c files in the current directory and compile them
I was trying to write a make analog in windows, using batch files
But I am a noob in batch scripting, here is my try -
I am trying to make a batch script which fill find all the .c files in the ...
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GnuMake SHELL under windows
I am trying to make a simple makefile (GNU Make 3.81) work under windows, using cygwin installed with the git-for-windows "distro".
Everything seems to work, but the SHELL. It always shows &...
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