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GNU Make logo GNU Make

GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

Porg logo Porg

Porg (formerly known as paco), is a program to aid management of software packages installed from source code.
  • GNU Make Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-03-12
  • Porg Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-09-10

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to GNU Make and Porg)

GNU Make

Porg

Front End Package Manager
89 89%
Front End Package Manager
11% 11
JS Build Tools
100 100%
JS Build Tools
0% 0
Package Manager
0 0%
Package Manager
100% 100
JavaScript Package Manager
88 88%
JavaScript Package Manager
12% 12

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Porg seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

GNU Make mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of GNU Make yet. Tracking of GNU Make recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Porg mentions (2)

  • sudo make install
    I've used a tool called porg. [0] Hadn't heard of checkinstall but it seems similar but with integration into the distro's package manager. [0] https://porg.sourceforge.net/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • How do I uninstall Tintin++?
    Mac uses some BSD derivative right? If you compiled it from source then "make uninstall" should work. Alternatively you can catch which files are installed by "make", via various other programs. For instance https://porg.sourceforge.net/ offers that, but it may be too advanced for this task. The "poor man's" approach is to just look which files were installed during make and then delete these files/directories... Source: over 1 year ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GNU Make and Porg, you can also consider the following products

CMake - CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software.

Advanced Package Tool - Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian.

SCons - SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.

CheckInstall - CheckInstall is a Linux program which eases installation & uninstallation of software compiled from source.

Ninja Build - Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.

Meson - Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly...

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