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[[make]] is, to quote the [[GNU]] [[make]] page,

Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other
non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file called
the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and how to compute
it from other files. When you write a program, you should write a makefile
for it, so that it is possible to use Make to build and install the program.

Which roughly means that it helps you compile stuff easily, if the proper [[makefile]] has been created. The directories in [[ports]] all have at least one thing in common: they all have a [[makefile]] that helps the building and installation of the port. A [[makefile]] will have "targets" which tell [[make]] to do different things depending on what target you specify. For example, running
make
by itself runs the makefile's build options, running
make install
will run the make command against the "install" target in the makefile and do what it says, which is usually installing the port and registering it against the FreeBSD package database, and running
make clean
will run it through the "clean" target in the makefile, which normally does cleanup stuff (like emptying out the particular port's "workdir", where temporary files are put during the compile and install of the port.)

Thanks in no small part to the [[makefile]] (and the FreeBSD maintainers who take care of the ports tree) [[make]] is usually "smart" enough to know that when you type in
make install clean
all in one go, you're really asking to do
make
make install
make clean
which is functionally the same as
make && make install && make clean

See the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU make page]] for more info.

[[Category: System Commands]]
[[Category: Ports and Packages]]
[[Category: Common Tasks]]
[[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]

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 FreeBSD's use of [[make]] can be customized further by putting the [[make.conf]] file to good use.
-See the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU make page]] for more info.
+See the [http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU make page] for more info.
 [[Category: System Commands]]

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   make && make install && make clean
-FreeBSD's use of [[make]] can be customized further by putting the [make.conf]] file to good use.
+FreeBSD's use of [[make]] can be customized further by putting the [[make.conf]] file to good use.
 See the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU make page]] for more info.

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   make clean
 will run it through the "clean" target in the makefile, which normally does cleanup stuff (like emptying out the particular port's "workdir", where temporary files are put during the compile and install of the port.)
 Thanks in no small part to the [[makefile]] (and the FreeBSD maintainers who take care of the ports tree) [[make]] is usually "smart" enough to know that when you type in

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   Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other
   non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
-−
   Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file called
   the makefile, which lists each of the non-source files and how to compute