"No rule to make target" when building from source

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#1

Thanks for posting about your project on the Internet Archive Lab thread. I’m having trouble with the ‘make’ step while using my mac.

> $make

Responds with:
> make --directory=aw-core build DEV=
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `build’. Stop.
> make: *** [build] Error 2

There’s clearly an argument expected that I have not figured out.

At anyrate I will be eager to use the app once the .dmg installation method has been created. Thanks for all the hard work for what looks to be an impressive app.

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#2

Hi Antoine, happy to have you here! :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks for reaching out with your problem. Did you follow the installing from source guide?

It looks like you’ve missed the first step:

git submodule update --init --recursive

And by the way: the prebuilt .zip should work alright for macOS since v0.7.0b4. It’s easier to set up, just follow the getting started guide.

Let me know if you have further issues! :+1: