Best way to compile programs

[Polarise]

Hello, when I go to github and see the projects, I see that there are different file formats that they use to compile them.

Example:
[CMAKE]
[MAKEFILE].

Is there even a program where I could just click on that make file and it compiles? That would be great because I don't like using command lines.

 

[Mikemk]

You type "make", is it that hard?
For the really lazy, you could always include this shell script in the same folder as the Makefile, then you can just double-click. If you're on Linux or Mac, you might need to change it from make.bat to make.sh (or just make).

PS: Worst compression ratio ever.

 

[Polarise]

You type "make", is it that hard?
For the really lazy, you could always include this shell script in the same folder as the Makefile, then you can just double-click. If you're on Linux or Mac, you might need to change it from make.bat to make.sh (or just make).

PS: Worst compression ratio ever.

So I go to the file location of where the source is, I go to file, open in command window, then type make? Does it even matter if it is named cmake or makefile?

Btw I am on Windows.

 

[Mikemk]

So I go to the file location of where the source is, I go to file, open in command window, then type make? Does it even matter if it is named cmake or makefile?

Btw I am on Windows.

If there's a file named CMakefile, type cmake, then make.
Otherwise, if there's a file named Makefile, type make

 

[Polarise]

If there's a file named CMakefile, type cmake, then make.
Otherwise, if there's a file named Makefile, type make

What are the differences between the two and other names?

 

[0x40]

What are the differences between the two and other names?

CMake does things like check for dependencies and figures out what libraries to use, and lets you configure things like the install prefix. It's similar to running a ./confiigure script, which some projects require you to do before running make. There's also aimake and qmake, and probably a whole bunch of other build systems.

 

[Polarise]

What do I even need to compile the programs? What program?

 

[Mikemk]

make
Or cmake
When using the command line, the name of the command is also the name of the program.

 

[Polarise]

make
Or cmake
When using the command line, the name of the command is also the name of the program.

when I type make or cmake in the command line it says an error. Is there a program that needs to be installed?

 

[Seriel]

What are you trying to compile.

 

[Polarise]

What are you trying to compile.

I just want to know how to compile things. I am trying to compile WUPInstaller.

 

[Mikemk]

What's the error?

 

[Polarise]

What's the error?

something like

'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file

 

[Mikemk]

Install make

 

[Polarise]

Install make

can you link me to the program? It also says the same thing with cmake

 

[Mikemk]

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm

 

[Polarise]

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm

So I installed it successfully and now it says this when I type make on the command line:

C:\Users\*****\OneDrive\Documents\Wii U Backup\wiiu\apps\wupinstaller-master>make
make[1]: /c/Users/*****/OneDrive/Documents/Wii: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/c/Users/******/OneDrive/Documents/Wii'.  Stop.
make: *** [build] Error 2

 

[Mikemk]

Run it from a folder without spaces in the name

 

[Polarise]

Run it from a folder without spaces in the name

So I put the files on my desktop in a folder named compile. Now I came across this:

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `c:/Users/tarik/Downloads/wupinstaller-master/wupinstaller-master/src/entry.c', needed by `entry.o'.  Stop.
make: *** [build] Error 2

 

[Mikemk]

That's odd, is the file there?