Makefile EBook
Learn how to use Makefile to simplify program compilation in Unix/Linux. Ideal for C/C++ developers and system programmers.
Language - English
Updated on Jul, 2025
About the Book
Book description
Makefile is a program-building tool which runs on Unix, Linux, and their flavours. It aids in simplifying building program executables that may need various modules. To determine how the modules need to be compiled or recompiled together, make takes the help of user-defined makefiles. This tutorial should enhance your knowledge about the structure and utility of makefiles.
Audience
Makefile guides the make utility while compiling and linking program modules. Anyone who wants to compile their programs using the make utility and wants to gain knowledge on makefiles should read this tutorial.
Prerequisites
This tutorial expects a good understanding of programming languages such as C and C++. The reader is expected to have knowledge of linking, loading concepts, and also the knowledge of compiling and executing programs in a Unix/Linux environment.
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