Using makefiles in linux

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Well ive started using linux, and dont know how to use makefiles to build a project. I can make them, but don't know how to use them to build a project.... If someone could enlighten me?

[kmj]

I don't understand what you mean by "I can make them, but don't know how to use them to build a project"; do you know how to make a full-fledged makefile? If not, then what do you mean by "I can make them?". Most of make is in the makefiles, after that it's just running bash$ make TARGET, where target is whatever you're trying to make.

A good free source of info on makefiles is the info command (bash$ info make).



Here are some tutorials on makefiles
(http://www.google.com/search?q=makefile%20tutorial&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)

Without a more specific question, I don't know how helpful I can be.