Re: make and package manager

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 11:27:17AM -0600, William Torrez Corea wrote:
> What's the difference between *packaging* and *make*?

Make is a system to coordinate a software build (invoking the compilers,
linking, building documentation, etc.) Usually, make just coordinates
everything, calling out to other programs to do the actual work.

Packaging is a way to collect all the parts of a piece of software to
make it installable in an operating system. You could use "make" to
coordinate the build of a package: actually, many Debian packages use
make (in part) to do this.

Cheers
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tomás

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