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# Installing Make-3.80

The Make package contains a program for compiling large packages.

    Approximate build time:  0.2 SBU
    Required disk space:     8.8 MB

Official download location for Make (3.80):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/

For its installation Make depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Sed.

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## Installation of Make

Prepare Make for compilation:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

    make

This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:

    make check

And install the package:

    make install

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## Contents of Make

Installed program: make

## Short description

make automatically determines which pieces of a large package need to be recompiled, and then issues the relevant commands.

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