October 2000
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
9h 9m
English
At this point, 'configure' has generated the output files (such as a 'Makefile'). Most projects include a 'Makefile' with a basic set of well-known targets (see Section 3.1, "Targets and Dependencies" ). A target is a task you want make to perform—usually, it is to build all of the programs belonging to your package (commonly known as the all target). From your build directory, the following commands are likely to work with any configured package:
| make all | Builds all derived files sufficient to declare the package built. |
| make check | Runs any self-tests that the package may have. |
| make install | Installs the package in a predetermined location. |
| make clean | Removes all derived files. |
Other less commonly used targets ...
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