What is the difference between gmake and make?

‘gmake’ refers specifically to GNU make. ‘make’ refers to the system’s default make implementation; on most Linux distros this is GNU make, but on other unixes, it could refer to some other implementation of make, such as BSD make, or the make implementations of various commercial unixes.

The language accepted by GNU make is a superset of the one supported by the traditional make utility.

By using ‘gmake’ specifically you can use GNU make extensions without worrying about them being misinterpreted by some other make implementation.

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