Updating GNU make on macOS

问题

I downloaded GNU make 4.2.1 from here (make-4.2.1.tar.gz) and installed it following the instruction found in the INSTALL file that is present in the expanded folder. Now I run make -v in the shell and I still get that the system sees the old 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

Any suggestion?
I'm working on a macOS 10.12.3 machine.
Thanks in advance.

回答1:

It is bad practice to alter the contents of /usr/bin. The best way is to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your PATH. Add the following to your ~/.bashrc :

[[ "$PATH" = */usr/local/bin* ]] || PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

回答2:

Type command which make. If nothing unexpected happens, the shell will print out /usr/bin/make, which is the path of default make.

In INSTALL file:

By default, make install will install the package's files in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/man, etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than /usr/local by giving configure the option --prefix=PATH.

So maybe you can try make --prefix=/usr/bin. Or remove the default make create soft link for make in /usr/local/bin.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42026502/updating-gnu-make-on-macos