Thread: Compiler problem

Basically, when I try to compile something, it comes up with : "Could not create Makefile," and there is an an error at the bottom saying, "No rule to make Target All stop." Somethings happened to the compiler, and I want to find out what. This is probably just me being stupid, but pleaze help.

This thread is pretty much the same as this one: http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...light=compiler

Compiler:

So I tried to complie it , but it came up with these errors :


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make.exe C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\Project-files\make.exe Circular ../Templates/MovingTest <- ../Templates/MovingTest.o dependency dropped.

As you would have found out if you'd read the last of that thread, you need to save your source files with a .cpp extension. If you're using Notepad, save the file as "file.cpp", with the quotes. In Dev-C++, don't add an extension, and .cpp will automatically appear (save it as file).

Would it help if I download the compiler again ?

No, it wouldn't.

I think the compiler thinks it is a text file and not a .c / .cpp file

Maybe. ../Templates/MovingTest makes me think that maybe it is a file with no extension.

If you still can't get this to work, try using a language option to GCC to tell it the source file is a C++ one.

What would help the most would be posting the makefile here, I think.

BTW, AD, you can usually find someone's compiler by searching their previous posts for "compiler".

Basically, when I try to compile something, it comes up with : "Could not create Makefile," and there is an an error at the bottom saying, "No rule to make Target All stop."

Actually, you probably don't have a makefile at all. Write one. Or adapt this one:

Code:

file.exe: file.o
        gcc -o file.exe file.o

file.o: file.c
        gcc -c file.c

(You need to use tabs, not spaces, to indent.)

I really don't understand makefiles at all, but I'm pretty sure I have one.
Anyway, now the errors changed again. This time it says :

[Build Error] [OpenGl.exe] Error 1

When I try to open ... what I think is the makefile, it says that windows dosen't know which application to open it in. What's that about ? And I'm using Dev C++ 4.9.9.0.

Cheers