GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

• Version: 4.1
• Added: March, 2016
• Link: https://www.gnu.org/software/mak

See which versions of make are available:

$ module avail make

Load make

$ module load make/4.1

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://download.polytechnic.edu.na/pub/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.1.tar.gz
$ tar -xvf make-4.1.tar.gz
$ cd make-4.1
$ scl enable devtoolset-2 bash
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/make/4.1
$ sudo chown joguya:joguya /export/apps/make/4.1/
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/make/4.1
$ make
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/make/4.1/