Beginning C++ Compilers: An Introductory Guide to Microsoft C/C++ and MinGW Compilers

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B. I. Tuleuov, A. B. OspanovaBeginning C++ Compilershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9563-2_4

4. General Build Information

Berik I. Tuleuov¹   and Ademi B. Ospanova²

(1)

Nur-Sultan, Akmolinskaia, Kazakhstan

(2)

Nur-Sułtan, Kazakhstan

 

This chapter describes the process of building software on Unix-like and Windows systems. A way to port the build process on Unix systems to the Windows platform is given. New build tools in Windows are also given.

4.1 Unix Systems

The traditional tool for building programs and libraries in the world of Unix-like systems is the famous make utility. Depending on what the utility is “ordered” to do, it can do many things: compile ...