MAKE command?

[LemonMan]

What does actually the MAKE command do, while installing a software? I never understood that...

[WingedPanther]

Frequently, software is distributed as raw source code. MAKE runs a "compile script".

[Jordan]

You can find a tutorial on here in the tutorial section on creating your own Make file, as well.

[LemonMan]

Raw source code? What is that?
@jordan: I'll have a look.

[WingedPanther]

Raw source code would be the actual code in C++, C, Fortran, etc.

[LemonMan]

So that would be an open source program?

[WingedPanther]

In general, though it can still have a variety of licensing agreements on what you can do with the source code.

[LemonMan]

Cool. I did not know that! Thanks...

[PenguinLover]

So all those files before the MAKE command... they are the source code files? Wooo! How stupid am I.. for not noticing it...