make – Run targets in a Makefile

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

Synopsis

• Run targets in a Makefile.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• make

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
chdir path / required		Change to this directory before running make.
file path added in 2.5		Use a custom Makefile.
params dictionary		Any extra parameters to pass to make.
target string		The target to run. Typically this would be something like install,test or all."

Examples

- name: Build the default target
  make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project

- name: Run 'install' target as root
  make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: install
  become: yes

- name: Build 'all' target with extra arguments
  make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    params:
      NUM_THREADS: 4
      BACKEND: lapack

- name: Build 'all' target with a custom Makefile
  make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    file: /some-project/Makefile

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Linus Unnebäck (@LinusU) <linus@folkdatorn.se>