vala-examples/02-makefile

Hello World example with Makefile

If you want to build a vala file, you may have to run a command with many parameters. Why remember this to build it? Just create a makefile with the commands and forget them!

If you have make installed, you can just cd into the directory and run make and it will run the commands in the Makefile that you have. The syntax for Makefile is easy. Just type in a task name, followed by a colon (:) and then on the following line type what you want to execute. This can be build command or any other command that you like. The first one runs when you run make without any task name.

firsttask:
	# some commands here
	# this will run when you just run `make` without any params

another_task:
	# some more commands
	# they can span multiple lines
	# this will run when you run `make another_task`

Simple, isn't it?

Requirements:

# Void Linux
sudo xbps-install vala make gcc
# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S vala make gcc

Run:

$ make
$ ./hello # or make run

To compile and run:

$ make makeandrun