Running a program from a makefile

Question

I received this sample makefile from my professor and I'm trying to run it on Ubuntu but the commands I'm typing won't run it. All the files in the makefile already exist and when I type make, it makes the files but the actual program doesn't run. I have tried to type ./a.out but that doesn't run it either. Please help me with what command to type for the program to run.

# Makefile for Library Management System

CXXFLAGS += --std=c++11



all: div main

rebuild: div clean main



debug: CXXFLAGS += -g

debug: rebuild



main: main.o controller.o view.o library.o publication.o

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o lms main.o controller.o view.o library.o publication.o 

main.o: main.cpp *.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c main.cpp

controller.o: controller.cpp *.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c controller.cpp

test_view: test_view.o controller.o view.o library.o publication.o

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o test_view test_view.o controller.o view.o library.o publication.o 

test_view.o: test_view.cpp view.h publication.h library.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c test_view.cpp

test_library: test_library.o library.o publication.o

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o test_library test_library.cpp library.o publication.o

test_library.o: test_library.cpp *.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c test_library.cpp

library.o: library.cpp *.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c library.cpp

test_publication: test_publication.o publication.o 

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o test_publication test_publication.o publication.o 

test_publication.o: test_publication.cpp *.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c test_publication.cpp

publication.o: publication.cpp *.h

    $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c publication.cpp



clean:

    -rm -f *.o lms test_age test_genre test_media test_publication test_library test_view test_view_actual.txt



div:

    @echo

    @echo 'X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-'

    @echo '-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X'

    @echo 'X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-'

    @echo '-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X'

    @echo

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Answer 1

Is there a file called 'lms'? Try running: ./lms

The things in the makefile after '-o' specify the output filenames. These are the programs you can run.

Running a program from a makefile

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