Makefile is a program building tool which runs on Unix, Linux, and their flavors. It aids in simppfying 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 utipty of makefile.

Audience

Makefile guides the make utipty while compipng and pnking program modules. Anyone who wants to compile their programs using the make utipty and wants to gain knowledge on makefile should read this tutorial.

Prerequisites

This tutorial expects good understanding of programming language such as C and C++. The reader is expected to have knowledge of pnking, loading concepts, and how to compile and execute programs in Unix/Linux environment.