Troubleshooting make

You can find an explanation of many common error messages produced by make and their solutions at the offiical documentation.

Table of contents

  1. “Where is my executable!”

“Where is my executable!”

make stops when the compiler finds a compilation error, so the final executable cannot be made. Fix all compilation errors and try again.

Compilation warnings are usually excused by the compiler and the executable might be made. As good practice, the goal is the most quiet compilation with no warnings either. Try fixing warnings when possible.