makemake?

bkxsammy · 11-08-2002, 04:52 PM

Alright...im kinda wonderin how could i make a makefile in Linux Redhat 7.3. When im on Solaris 8 there is jus a command makemake > Makefile but i dont see linux having that. How would i compile my code ??

Thanks guys

acid_kewpie · 11-08-2002, 05:25 PM

basic makefiles are a doddle.... but there's a better way to sort it out if you plan to write gpl code or something in that vein, automake and autoconf:

http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/a...obook_toc.html

i did this for a project i'm working on called acidrip and to make a whole distributable setup for a c program, i had to create two files, a configure.in:

Code:

dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_INIT(lsdvd.c)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(lsdvd, 0.3)
CFLAGS=-g
AC_PROG_CC
AC_CHECK_LIB(dvdread, DVDOpen, , AC_MSG_ERROR([libdvdread not found!]))
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for dvdread/ifo_read.h])
AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <dvdread/ifo_read.h>], ,
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]), 
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no]) 
        AC_MSG_ERROR([Header files for dvdread not found]))
AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)

and a Makefile.am

Code:

bin_PROGRAMS = lsdvd
lsdvd_SOURCES = lsdvd.c

From this, you just need to run autoconf and automake and it will generate a full configure script and makefile and everything, you can then easily add on compatability checks, like i have in my configure.in program (the ac_try_compile block) that link i've given is what i used to get started, and it's really really easy once you suss out which way up is.

bkxsammy · 11-09-2002, 03:43 AM

how do u know what to write for the configure.in file?

acid_kewpie · 11-09-2002, 12:42 PM

you look it up in the online book, that's the reason i put that link there.... just search google, there's loads of examples if you look...