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How to compile a makefile on OSX 10.8 without terminal experience?

I tried searching on this, and everything seems to suggest more knowledge on this subject than me. I downloaded this external PureData: https://github.com/badgeek/fux_videoglitch and I think I need to compile the makefile, but I don’t know how to do it. It seems that there is no readMe with any instructions, and I cannot figure out what this is from any search queries. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks

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First you need to install either Xcode or Make. There's another question on the stack that binds the make installation process on OSX install make command without make already done (mac os 10.5)

At this point, you simply add the terminal:

make targetfile

http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/ provides some excellent information on how this works. Make is just for compiling large multidisciplinary programs.

IIRC Pure Data is quite difficult to compile in the first place, so you want to save instructions for compilation - the Pure Data mailing list often causes user confusion with this process.

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