./Configure make install?

Original installation codeProgramYou must perform the following three steps:
1./configure
2 make
3 make install
What do they mean?

These are typical installation steps for programs generated using GNU Autoconf and automake.
./Configure is used to detect the target features of your installation platform. For example, it will check whether you have cc or GCC. It does not require cc or GCC. It is a shell script.

Make is used for compilation. It reads commands from makefile and then compiles the commands.

Make install is used for installation. It also reads commands from makefile and installs them to the specified location.

 

Automake and Autoconf are very useful for publishing C Programs. If you want to use automake and Autoconf, you can refer to the relatedArticle.

 

Install is not a parameter of make, but a medium makefile statement such as install. If you use make install, run the install: Statement.

 

 

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