---
name: "fpcmake"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fpc"
version: "3.2.2-11"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fpcmake"
---

# fpcmake(1)

The Free Pascal makefile constructor program.

## NAME

fpcmake - The Free Pascal makefile constructor program.

## SYNOPSIS

**fpcmake \[-Ttarget\] \[-pwhrqvV\] \[filename \[filename \[filename\]\]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**fpcmake** reads a  *Makefile.fpc* and converts it to a  *Makefile* suitable for reading by GNU  *make* to compile your projects. It is similar in functionality to GNU  *autoconf* or  *Imake* for making X projects.

## USAGE

**fpcmake** accepts filenames of makefile description files as it's command-line arguments. For each of these files it will create a  *Makefile* in the same directory where the file is located, overwriting any existing file with the same name.

If no options are given, it just attempts to read the file  *Makefile.fpc* in the current directory and tries to construct a Makefile from it. any previously existing  *Makefile* will be erased. See  [**fpcmake**(5)](/fpcmake/5.md) for a description of the format of the *Makefile.fpc* file.

## OPTIONS

fpcmake has a small number of options to control it's behaviour:

- **-h**

  Emit a short help text describing the use of **fpcmake**

- **-p**

  If this option is given, a package description file is generated as well as a makefile.

- **-q**

  Tells  **fpcmake** to be more quiet, i.e. emit less messages.

- **-r**

  If this option is given,  **fpcmake** will recursively scan subdirectories for  **makefile.fpc** files and generate makefiles for them.

- **-T**

  Specifies the targets for which  **fpcmake** should generate makefiles. This can be a comma-separated list of target systems, or the special identifier *all* which indicates that a makefile should be generated for all supported platforms.

- **-v**

  This option instructs **fpcmake** to be more verbose.

- **-V**

  Print **fpcmake** version and exit.

- **-w**

  This is the standard option and tells **fpcmake** to generate a makefile.

## SEE ALSO

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  [**fpcmake**(5)](/fpcmake/5.md) [**ppc386**(1)](/ppc386/1.md) [**make**(1)](/make/1.md)