Re: using a makefile to create an executable file

2012-04-11 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/11/2012 7:18 AM, Marc Girod wrote: Eliot Moss wrote: A quick look at the wikipedia page for cmake shows that cmake is a tool that generates a Makefile suitable for the platform at hand. So, I think you need at least these steps: I am quite sure it would be more beneficial to learn the

Re: using a makefile to create an executable file

2012-04-11 Thread Marc Girod
Eliot Moss wrote: > > A quick look at the wikipedia page for cmake shows that cmake is > a tool that generates a Makefile suitable for the platform at > hand. So, I think you need at least these steps: > I am quite sure it would be more beneficial to learn the syntax of makefiles and to write

Re: using a makefile to create an executable file

2012-04-11 Thread Eliot Moss
On 4/10/2012 8:36 PM, samuel.roy wrote: Thanks for setting me in the right direction, I'll do as you suggest and no longer pollute your message board with irrelevant material! A quick look at the wikipedia page for cmake shows that cmake is a tool that generates a Makefile suitable for the pla

Re: using a makefile to create an executable file

2012-04-10 Thread samuel.roy
Thanks for setting me in the right direction, I'll do as you suggest and no longer pollute your message board with irrelevant material! cheers LMHmedchem2 wrote: > > This is a question that would be better posted to a programing forum > like CodeGuru Non Visual C++ Issues. > > http://forums.

Re: using a makefile to create an executable file

2012-04-10 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 4/10/2012 3:44 PM, samuel.roy wrote: Hello, I am very new to Cygwin and have little to no experience with programming. My professor gave me code for a landscape evolution modeling program written in C++. I am trying to compile the program so that I can run it as an executable file through the

Re: using a makefile to create an executable file

2012-04-10 Thread LMH
This is a question that would be better posted to a programing forum like CodeGuru Non Visual C++ Issues. http://forums.codeguru.com/forumdisplay.php?s=111c5a2c3c03096907f8896f6194d142&f=9 You will need to post the entire output from make. It may be easier to compile and build the application