How to build GNUstep programs on OpenBSD?

Question

I am trying to build a GNUStep program on OpenBSD. I installed packages gnustep-base and gnustep-make.

my main.m:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(void)
{

    NSLog(@"Hello World!");  
    return 0;
}

GNUmakefile:

include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
TOOL_NAME = main
main_OBJC_FILES = main.m
include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/tool.make

Then, I initialize the GNUstep environment using

. /usr/local/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh

And then I run:

make

This does not recognize the GNUmakefile.

Does anybody know how I can build a GNUstep program on OpenBSD? On my Arch Linux installation, similar procedure works fine.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '13 at 20:37

4

Try make -f GNUmakefile. If this command fails, install gmake and try gmake -f GNUmakefile.

answered Jan 21 '13 at 20:37

Rufo El Magufo

2

Thank you. From OpenBSD's Misc mailing list, I came to know that BSD system's make is different from GNU make. And I need to use gmake for that. It worked! – Salil Jan 21 '13 at 23:26

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