How to run makefile in Windows How to run makefile in Windows windows windows

How to run makefile in Windows


Try to use MSYS : http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS

MSYS is a collection of GNU utilities such as bash, make, gawk andgrep to allow building of applications and programs which depend ontraditionally UNIX tools to be present.

This allows to run bash-like scripts under windows.

MSYS is included in MinGW package (direct download).

MinGW Shell :

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NOTE : CygWin can do this too, I think.


EDIT : The link to MinGW above is 32 bits. If you are interested in a 64 bits version of it, please have a look here.


EDIT : Changes have been made and the Windows Installer now comes with a bunch of installable packages (quite similar to apt-get install under Debian). This comes with a GUI that allows to choose/customize additional tools. Download it from here (The link above is kind of deprecated).


Your cmd was in the wrong directory.Shift and right-click in the folder that has the makefile (not on the makefile though) and then type: make or if you have mingw: mingw32-make.

It should then work.