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Extras for macOS

Upgrading GNU Make (macOS)

Although the macOS machines provide a working GNU make it is too old to support the Makester capabilities. Instead, it is recommended to upgrade to the GNU make version provided by Homebrew. Detailed instructions can be found at the Homebrew make formulae. In short, to upgrade GNU make run:

brew install make

The make utility installed by Homebrew can be accessed by gmake. The Homebrew make formulae notes sugge st how you can update your local PATH to use gmake as make. Alternatively, alias make:

alias make=gmake