Updating Make Version on Mac

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Here is what I did, and it works on my MacOS:

Step1: Install homebrew (installation command comes from https://brew.sh/):

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Step2: Use homebrew to install make

brew install make --with-default-names

just incase it doesn’t work, try this:

brew install homebrew/dupes/make --with-default-names

Step3: You need to change the default command to use correct make instead of the default one from your MacBook or Mac.

For example, if you type

make --version

You will see:

GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for i386-apple-darwin11.3.0

Which is the default path for default version.

So, now, in your .bash_profile (which should be under your home dir /Users/your_name), add the following line:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Note: If you see the following message when you installed make:

GNU “make” has been installed as “gmake”. If you need to use it as “make”, you can add a “gnubin” directory to your PATH from
your bashrc like:

PATH="/usr/local/opt/make/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

then instead run,

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/make/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

Then source your .bash_profile. Now try to check your version:

make --version

It should show:

GNU Make 4.2.1
Built for x86_64-apple-darwin16.5.0
Copyright (C) 1988-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Cheers.

Firstly, the current version:

$ make --version                  
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for i386-apple-darwin11.3.0

Steps to install/configure:

brew install make
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/make/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"

Result:

$ make -v
GNU Make 4.3
Built for x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0
Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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