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====== GNU Make ======

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.

===== Information =====

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

===== Usage =====

See which versions of make are available:
<code>$ module avail make
</code>

Load make
<code>$ module load make/4.1</code>

===== Installation ======

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>
$ 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/
</code>