Questions tagged [makefile]

Questions relating to makefiles, (The file that contains the instructions for make)

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Unable to locate package makefile

Hello everyone I am new in using Ubuntu operating system and facing a problem. I have installed GCC using sudo apt-get install gcc but when I run the following command sudo apt-get install ...
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cannot execute binary file: Exec format error - Ubuntu 16.04 + Make + GCC

I am aware that other people had similar issues but mine seem to be unique as I am not making obvious mistakes. I have reviewed other questions and putting all required details below. When I am ...
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m4 preprocessor "ERROR: end of file in string"

I'm getting this error msg: m4:myPerlScript.pl:77: ERROR: end of file in string when trying to use m4 to replace a string in some perl scripts. I'm making the call inside a makefile. $(OUTDIR)/%: ...
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Finding -lgcc_s

I'm trying to install a program that seems to use libgcc_s.so. After implementing the possible remedies suggested in the SO:LINK, I still can't figure out why the compiler fails to find it. I get the ...
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Trouble linking libraries in FFTW

This error happens when I try to execute a Makefile: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lrfftw_mpi /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfftw_mpi /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lrfftw collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit ...
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make: *** No rule to make target 'ell/util.c' needed by 'ell/util.lo'

I need to install ofono, so I cloned this ofono repository and did autoreconf -fi and ./configure in the directory. But when I am running make or sudo make install I am encountering the following ...
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How to stop "make" from running "clean"?

Have a Makefile like this: all: build build: dot2tex -ftikz temporal_dag.dot --figonly > temporal_dag.tex latex notes && bibtex notes && latex notes && ...
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Build libfslcodec-4.0.8 on Ubuntu 16.04 for IMX6Q

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 with kernel 4.1.15 on IMX6Q "sabresd" Board and successfully boot. I used this instruction to install rootfs also I changed distro and solved some issues by myself. Just now ...
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ogr_fdw compile error `Fatal error: can't create ogr_fdw.o: Permission denied`

I'm trying to install PostGIS on Ubuntu 17.04 and I've been following this guide to the point. Everything works perfectly, but when work my way down to install ogr_fdw foreign data wrapper for spatial ...
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How to make 'Make' to handle more new pairs of source files indicated by its extension name

How can we modify a Makefile script to handle more new pairs of source files indicated by its extension name to be compiled by Make automatically correctly and preferably interactively #... objects = ...
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Problem while executing a Makefile

i'm installing the Rocket-Chip repository. I'm following the instructions from https://github.com/chipsalliance/rocket-chip. The instructions are: $ git clone https://github.com/ucb-bar/rocket-chip....
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Packaging fails upon compiling 16.04 HWE kernel

Short summary: Packaging script looks in wrong path. Detailed error summary: To compile the kernel, I used the compilation instructions from here, which included the steps: Checkout git sources ...
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Continue custom kernel creation and not start over again from square one

Task: Create a custom Ubuntu kernel from git sources (in my case hwe-branch). Short summary: I want to fix a error reported by the build scripts and then repeat only the last compilation/packaging ...
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Help locating linux/version.h

I'm trying to fix an old program, Previous issues I had could be found at Missing modversions.h When I make the program it gives me the following error, kaodv-mod.c:22:27: fatal error: linux/version....
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How do I make the 'make' command work?

I am trying "Linux Kernel Module Programming - Compiling the Module" as in this youtube video. First I created a hello.c program. Then I used the command #gedit Makefile. It opens a window which is ...
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File creating permission Denied [duplicate]

I have removed Windows 7 and installed Ubuntu 14.04. I have successfully installed LAMP but the problem is that I cannot save a file with a PHP extension in local-server using the Bluefish editor . ...
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Error while loading shared libraries: libpgplot.so:

I have compiled a program named vmed from its source code using Makefile. When I run make the compilation goes without any error, however when I try to run the program, it gives me following error: ./...
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How to modify build rules in Makefile

I tried to compile FFmpeg from source code located HERE. All is good, but the built binaries lack ffplay. And looks like the build rule is missing from the makefile located under /fftools. How can I ...
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How to list /find all driver files getting compiled while doing make?

Driver files getting compiled while doing make, is there any ways to list using the makefiles?
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The following Makefile is not working and I am not sure what's going on

obj-m += task.o all: make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules clean: make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) clean Makefile:3: *** missing separator. Stop.
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How to save Makefile output in a child directory

Running make in a folder containing a Makefile stores the output files of that Makefile in the same directory. Is it any way to store them in a child directory passing some arguments to the make ...
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Unable to run Makefile targets in Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)

I feel I've tried everything but I feel I'm missing something really simple.. I'm trying to run a makefile from a project (which works fine on a Mac) on a Windows machine with WSL running but get a ...
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Compilation error when building squashfs tools

I tried to compile unsquashfs tool from GPL source, the sources are in the 'squashfs-tools' directory. Executing make gives error: Makefile:2: *** Sqlzma is not defined. Stop. As I see, the sqlzma ...
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Building Caffe: Failed to see hdf5.h

Hello Caffe is a library for deeplearning. When trying to build that library under Ubuntu 15.04, the compilation fails with the message: :~/App/caffe$ make all PROTOC src/caffe/proto/caffe.proto CXX ...
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Difficulty installing program through makefile: "Are the same file"

I am attempting to install a CFD code called MISES on my ubuntu system, but every time I try to make the file, it generates a bunch of .o files then fails with the following output: install -s ises .....
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Cannot build deb package

I have followed this tutorial on how to make a .deb package from source(tar.gz) and at the final build command dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot Help is GREATLY appreciated!I need to fix this issue as ...
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How do I set up ccache?

I want to use ccache to speed up compilation. I came across How do I enable ccache?. This is what I have done so far: $ sudo apt-get install -y ccache $ dpkg -l ccache ii ccache 3.1.6-1 ...
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Where do I put my .a files

I installed Irrlicht earlier and realized the package didn't come with the libIrrlicht.a that it's supposed to. After an hour of trying to understand why it wasn't working and compiling the necessary ...
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problem in making software

I am trying to make an old version of lammps-13Jull11. I used this command in the src directory: make openmpi but it failed because of these errors: make[1]: Entering directory '/home/alireza/lammps-...
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Makefile 42: recipe for target 'util.o' failed

I am getting this error: ~/Distrib$ make all /usr/bin/g++ -O3 util.cc -I/home/shah/Distrib util.cc: In function 'into countLines(const char*)': util:19:8: error: 'exit' was not declared in this ...
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Why is cmake not finding an installed package?

I'm trying to build this repo for neural networks implemented in CUDA. I've followed the instructions in that link and performed the following actions on a shell: git clone https://github.com/...
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Bash Syntax Error Missing expecting "then"

For the following lines in my Makefile I get the error Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "then") Code: if [ ! -d upload-api/app-router/ ] then git clone someRepo upload-api/app-...
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Software compiled from source does not work after first run

Hi I am trying to use a piece of Japanese NLP software called MeCab, written in Python and distributed with only source. ( http://taku910.github.io/mecab/ ) It has been giving me trouble since the ...
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After upgrading the cmake, I am still getting error for installing the ITK?

I want to install a software, which requires ITK and it is raising an error: [ 52%] Performing configure step for 'ITKv5' Not searching for unused variables given on the command line. CMake Error at ...
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Assign standard exit status to a makefile variable

I'm trying to save the standard exit status of a command in a variable of my makefile, but I don't know how to do it. I've tried this: pruebas: @A= $(ls) ...but it doesn't work.
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Figuring out if gcc make was successful

I am a very inexperienced Ubuntu user. I am using a computer cluster at my university via SSH. The cluster has a version of gcc that was too old for something else that I needed to install, and I am ...
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Remove files with specific extensions by regexp

I have Makefile for compiling LaTeX *.tex file (tex->dvi->ps->pdf). Then I have command clean for removing unnecessary temporary files (dvi, ps...) like this: rm `ls | grep "^${FILENAME}\.(aux|dvi|ps|...
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Error compilling program with makefile : undefined reference to symbol 'trunc@@GLIBC_2.2.5'

I am trying to compile a program on Linux+openmpi using a makefile but got this error: I have looked at answers to similar issues but can still fix it. /usr/bin/ld: outseis.o: undefined reference to ...
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Trouble installing WaoN, Ubuntu 16.04

Discovering WaoN for converting soundfiles to midi, I cloned the git repository https://github.com/kichiki/WaoN and attempted to compile it. I had some errors and installed the necessary (or so I ...
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make command fails

Hello Im completly new to Lubuntu(started this weekend). The first thing i want to install give me know a lot of trouble for this time. I want to install a driver for the Novation Launchapad. I have ...
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./configure doesn't generate MAKEFILE when building x11spice

I am trying to enable x11spice in my Docker container, I followed the README but after ./configure, there is no MAKEFILE was generate, so make has an error output saying make: *** No targets specified ...
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All Makefiles broken

I can't run any Makefiles anymore. I get: ./Makefile: line 1: sorter:: command not found Content of Makefile: sorter: sorter.o gcc sorter.o -o sorter sorter.o: sorter.c gcc -c sorter.c ...
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make command does not work - Assembler messages

$ make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic' CC [M] /home/user1/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o Assembler ...
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Makefile unusual behaviour

I have written a make file for a simple cpp program containing cout statements. #This a makefile for compiling the hello world cpp program. CC=clang++ all: run test.o run: .cpp=.o .PHONY: ...
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"recipe commences before first target. Stop" Backyard Brains' "Spike Recorder"

I'm trying to install Backyard Brains' "Spike Recorder" on my Ubuntu 16.10 Gnome laptop. I've resolved some problems but now I'm getting the error "recipe commences before first target. Stop". CCX = ...
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Failed to build wine, Makefile missing separator

I tried to build the last version of wine (2.10, downloaded just now from the official webpage). ./configure executes fine, but when I enter make, it outputs an error: Makefile.in:101: *** missing ...
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@command -v gpg why is the version flag before the command?

verify: @command -v gpg 2>/dev/null || { echo "Cound not find gpg. Aborting."; exit 1; } I saw the following command in a Makefile. I understand that it does the following: verify is called ...
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Installing HTK for ubuntu - issues with X11

I seem to have some problems with X11 when compiling HTK. Make all give me the error message: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11 Looking for it give me : ld -lX11 --verbose =======================...
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How to install libsass on Ubuntu 16.04?

I've been trying to install libsass on my dev machine to use sassc, but I'm not having any success. Most of the tutorials that I have found are from earlier this year and don't seem to work (for me) (...
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I just couldn't build this iwlwifi core source. Others could

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi/core_release So I'm trying to get wireless working on my laptop with Ubuntu 16.04. I figure I need to build the package as the wiki instruct; ...