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brew install make v4.4.1 GPL-3.0-only

GNU Make – build automation tool that executes recipes defined in Makefiles to compile and link programs.

Why you might care

Essential build dependency for countless open-source projects; de facto standard for C/C++ and many other languages. Use it when you need declarative, dependency-tracked task execution with automatic parallel builds. Much faster and more portable than shell scripts for compilation workflows.

Categories

build-system

Alternatives

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Caveats

GNU "make" has been installed as "gmake".
If you need to use it as "make", you can add a "gnubin" directory
to your PATH from your bashrc like:

    PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/make/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

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