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hi, what the different comand "make" and "make && make install"?? plzz help...
  1. 05-14-2009 #1
    loba09
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    different command 'make'

    hi,

    what the different comand "make" and "make && make install"??

    plzz help
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    Quote Originally Posted by loba09 View Post
    hi,

    what the different comand "make" and "make && make install"??

    plzz help
    Make is the command that compiles and builds a program. Each module is compiled and then they are linked together to form an executable program. Make install copies the program and any other installable files (such as documentation, icons, etc) to the directories where they should go.

    The double ampersand && means: do make first and, if it completes without error, do make install. It's just a slightly quicker alternative to doing make first and make install afterwards.
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    Hazel has pretty much answered this, but I wanted to add that 'make' on its own does the same job as 'make all'. In both cases of 'make' and 'make install' make is accepting a desired option to perform.
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