Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool: The most useful Makefile targets

| ## 3.3 The most useful Makefile targets By now ``configure'` has generated the output files such as a ``Makefile'`. Most projects include a ``Makefile'` with a basic set of well-known targets (see section 4.1 Targets and dependencies). A target is a name of a task that you want `make` to perform -- usually it is to build all of the programs belonging to your package (commonly known as the all target). From your build directory, the following commands are likely to work for a configured package: `make all` Builds all derived files sufficient to declare the package built. `make check` Runs any self-tests that the package may have. `make install` Installs the package in a predetermined location. `make clean` Removes all derived files. There are other less commonly used targets which are likely to be recognized, particularly if the package includes a ``Makefile'` which conforms to the GNU ``Makefile'` standard or is generated by `automake`. You may wish to inspect the generated ``Makefile'` to see what other targets have been included.

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