How to run Makefile in mac

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I want to create a fat library in mac. So I foll this. I copied the content of makefile into an edit text and renamed it to Makefile.mak. I opened the terminal in where the makefile is located and types "make" in the terminal and hit enter. I am getting an error that "Makefile is not found". What would be the reason for this? Where I made a mistake? Please help me. Thanks

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John Bollinger
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2019-11-13 12:59:38 +00:00
Commented Nov 13, 2019 at 12:59 — John Bollinger
– John Bollinger, Commented Nov 13, 2019 at 12:59

Mr Blue · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-13 23:22:52Z

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Your makefile is incorrectly named. You need to rename your Makefile.mak back to 'makefile'; that's what the make command is looking for.

answered Nov 13, 2019 at 23:22

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Randi Over a year ago

is it a text file?

Mr Blue Over a year ago

Yep, makefiles are ascii plain text.

kurtfu · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-14 08:18:24Z

make looks for files with name GNUmakefile, makefile or Makefile. If you change your file's name to one of these, you can run it without a problem. If you still want to use that name, you must run the make with -f flag. Running command should be like this:

$make -f <file_name>

In your case:

$make -f Makefile.mak

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