CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Eightbit Poe
Eightbit Poe

Reputation: 61

Makefile Fatal error: can't create obj/calc.o

I'm trying to make a makefile for a simple calculator for a college project. I need it done, and I've searched the web for tutorials and I eventually found this code: 

IDIR =include
CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-I$(IDIR)

ODIR=obj
LDIR=lib
SDIR=src

LIBS=-lm

_DEPS = calc.h
DEPS = $(patsubst %,$(IDIR)/%,$(_DEPS))

_OBJ = calc.o libcalc.o 
OBJ = $(patsubst %,$(ODIR)/%,$(_OBJ))


$(ODIR)/%.o: $(SDIR)/%.c $(DEPS)
    $(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)

calc: $(OBJ)
    gcc -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS)

.PHONY: clean

clean:
    rm -f $(ODIR)/*.o *~ core $(INCDIR)/*~

The output of the make command is

gcc -c -o obj/calc.o calc.c -I../include
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: can't create obj/calc.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [obj/calc.o] Error 1

My professor gave us no lead nor instruction to this, so I'm really lost.

My project is divided in three folders: lib, src and include. src contains the source for the project, named calc.c, include contains the header named calc.h, and lib contains the library named libcalc.c.

EDIT: I figured out this error, and it was that the obj directory under src wasn't created. However, it's still not working. The new error message is: 

make: *** No rule to make target `obj/libcalc.o', needed by `calc'.  Stop.

EDIT 2: I just moved the libcalc.c from lib to obj and it worked fine. Not ideal, but it does what I need.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 26904

Answers (3)

Lawson Boucher
Lawson Boucher

Reputation: 1

Do touch main.o in src/obj that worked for me

Upvotes: 0

ilbelkyr
ilbelkyr

Reputation: 435

The obj directory doesn't exist, so gcc cannot write the output file there.

You could create it automatically from the Makefile, but depending on what you want to do, a simple mkdir obj might be all you need.

However, it looks like you are running your Makefile from the src directory. Chances are you want to run it from your project's root directory and specify src/ where needed. You'd want to add an SDIR variable (or similar) for that; make sure to remove the ../ on LDIR, IDIR and ODIR in that case.

For example, where you currently use %.c, use $(SDIR)/%.c instead, and move your Makefile appropriately.

Upvotes: 8

Jason Hu
Jason Hu

Reputation: 6333

according to your cli command, you are running your makefile under src/, which is fine, but gcc won't create missing folder for you. here is the code runs in my linux:

$ tree
.
└── test2.c

0 directories, 1 file

$ gcc -c -o obj/test2.o test2.c
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: can't create obj/test2.o: No such file or directory

$ mkdir obj

$ gcc -c -o obj/test2.o test2.c

$ tree
.
├── obj
│   └── test2.o
└── test2.c

1 directory, 2 files

Upvotes: 0

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