How to compile makefile using MinGW

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I m new to this  Just wanted to ask how to compile a makefile  I am using MinGW compiler in C language  Do I have to save all my files in MinGW bin  because right now my files are in a different directory   Appreciate the help

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You have to actively choose to install MSYS to get the make.exe. So you should always have at least (the native) mingw32-make.exe if MinGW was installed properly. And if you installed MSYS you will have make.exe (in the MSYS subfolder probably).

Note that many projects require first creating a makefile (e.g. using a configure script or automake .am file) and it is this step that requires MSYS or cygwin. Makes you wonder why they bothered to distribute the native make at all.

Once you have the makefile, it is unclear if the native executable requires a different path separator than the MSYS make (forward slashes vs backward slashes). Any autogenerated makefile is likely to have unix-style paths, assuming the native make can handle those, the compiled output should be the same.

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Please learn about automake and autoconf   Makefile am is processed by automake to generate a Makefile that is processed by make in order to build your sources   http   www gnu org software automake

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I found a very good example here  https   bigcode wordpress com 2016 12 20 compiling-a-very-basic-mingw-windows-hello-world-executable-in-c-with-a-makefile   It is a simple Hello c  you can use c   with g   instead of gcc  using the MinGW on windows   The Makefile looking like   EXECUTABLE   src Main cpp  CC    C  MinGW bin g   exe  LDFLAGS   -lgdi32  src     wildcard   cpp  obj     src  cpp  o   all  myprog  myprog    obj        CC  -o   EXECUTABLE       LDFLAGS    PHONY  clean clean      del   obj    EXECUTABLE

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I have MinGW and also mingw32-make exe in my bin in the C  MinGW bin   same other I add bin path to my windows path  After that I change it s name to make exe   Now I can Just write command  make  in my Makefile direction and execute my Makefile same as Linux

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Excerpt from http   www mingw org wiki FAQ   What s the difference between make and mingw32-make    The  native   i e   MSVCRT dependent  port of make is lacking in some functionality and has modified functionality due to the lack of POSIX on Win32  There also exists a version of make in the MSYS distribution that is dependent on the MSYS runtime  This port operates more as make was intended to operate and gives less headaches during execution  Based on this  the MinGW developers maintainers packagers decided it would be best to rename the native version so that both the  native  version and the MSYS version could be present at the same time without file name collision   So look into C  MinGW bin directory and first make sure what make executable  have you installed  make exe or mingw32-make exe   Before using MinGW  you should add C  MinGW bin  to the PATH environment variable using the instructions mentioned at http   www mingw org wiki Getting Started   Then cd to your directory  where you have the makefile and Try using mingw32-make exe makefile in or simply make exe makefile in depending on executables in C  MinGW bin    If you want a GUI based solution  install DevCPP IDE and then re-make

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First check if mingw32-make is installed on your system  Use mingw32-make exe command in windows terminal or cmd to check  else install the package mingw32-make-bin  then go to bin directory default   C  MinGW bin  create new file make bat  echo off  quot   dp0mingw32-make exe quot      add the above content and save it set the env variable in powershell  Env CC  quot gcc quot   then compile the file make hello  where hello c is the name of source code

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