Top "Makefile" questions

What does "all" stand for in a makefile?

I read some tutorials concerning Makefiles but for me it is still unclear for what the target "all" stands for …

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CFLAGS vs CPPFLAGS

I understand that CFLAGS (or CXXFLAGS for C++) are for the compiler, whereas CPPFLAGS is used by the preprocessor. But …

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Finding version of Microsoft C++ compiler from command-line (for makefiles)

I must be missing something really obvious, but for some reason, the command-line version of the Microsoft C++ compiler (cl.…

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how to prevent "directory already exists error" in a makefile when using mkdir

I need to generate a directory in my makefile and I would like to not get the "directory already exists …

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How to overcome "'aclocal-1.15' is missing on your system" warning?

Im trying to run a c++ program on github. (available at the following link https://github.com/mortehu/text-classifier) I …

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Linux configure/make, --prefix?

Bear with me, this one's not very easy to explain... I'm trying to configure, make and make install Xfce into …

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tar: file changed as we read it

I am using make and tar to backup. When executing makefile, tar command shows file changed as we read it. …

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Abort makefile if variable not set

How could I abort a make/makefile execution based on a makefile's variable not being set/valued? I came up …

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Makefile, header dependencies

Let's say I have a makefile with the rule %.o: %.c gcc -Wall -Iinclude ... I want *.o to be rebuilt …

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How to set the LDFLAGS in CMakeLists.txt?

I set the CFLAGS in CMake by CMAKE_C_FLAGS. Is something like this to set LDFLAGS?

gcc makefile cmake ld ldflags