Using "make"
Introduction
On Linux, Unix, and macOS after you have configured RDM as described in
Using "configure", you now need to run make in the configured
build directory to compile examples and tutorials.
This step is always required after configure. It will do either a
development host build or a cross compile build depending on how the
configure script was invoked.
The make files are crafted using the GNU Build system and can be used
on any UNIX system. The makefiles themselves do not rely on any GNU
Auto Tools to be installed. Everything needed is included in the
install. The GNU Auto Tools will only be needed if you edit any of
the files that are input to the GNU Build System. Please consult
Using "autoreconf" for details.
Setting up an Environment
When RDM has been configured as explained above you may need to set up a development environment as explained in Using "configure".
In the case, you are using the same shell instance from when you ran
configure there is nothing more you need to set before running make.
The environment you used when running configure should work equally
well when you now run make.
Also, if the environment variables you did set prior to running
configure are among those that are being captured by the configure
script they do not need to be set again in the case you are using
another shell instance. This makes it relatively easy to have more
than one build environment and access these build environments
using one shell. Please see Using "configure" for details.
Running make
Now that you have configured the build directory as explained in the
introduction and have a working environment as explained in previous
section, you can build the examples and the tutorials by running make:
$ make
Run this to do some simple tests unless you are doing a cross compile
using make:
$ make check
For further details, please see the additional help documentation mentioned in the Using "autoreconf".
Next Step
When RDM have been compiled using make you are done unless you are also, going to cross compile using project files.
Additional Help
The make files are crafted using Automake and has a lot of details in
them. The description in this document is quite brief. Please check
the on-line documentation for the GNU coding standards and Automake for
more details here: