how to build lc tool in linux?

Question

lc----A tool to count lines of code in C files.

The make file of lc is given as below

SHELL=/bin/sh  
CC=cc

# Objects we link together.
OBJ=lc.o get.o

all:    $(OBJ)
    $(CC) -o lc $(OBJ)

lc.o:   lc.c lc.h  
get.o:  get.c lc.h

I have the source on my desktop. So what should I enter on the shell command line. I have tried /home/desktop/lc/lc.c. It's not running.

Answer 1

Your question is confusing, but it sounds like you have source code files. A .c file is meant for use by a compiler (like gcc) and not something that can be directly executed.

You need to compile them and then you'll get an executable, which is something you can run.

Try this:

• Open a terminal
• cd into the directory that has the make file
• ls and see if there is a readme.txt or a docs or doc directory. Read any of those, or anything in those directories, it may give you specific instructions
• Failing that, try entering make and see what happens. If it works you'll have an executable file called lc that you can run by entering ./lc.