---
name: "ivmkmf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ivtools-bin"
version: "1.1.3-5.3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ivmkmf"
---

# ivmkmf(1)

create a Makefile from an InterViews Imakefile

## NAME

ivmkmf - create a Makefile from an InterViews Imakefile

## SYNOPSIS

**ivmkmf** \[ -a \]

## DESCRIPTION

The *ivmkmf* command is the normal way to create a *Makefile* from an InterViews application's *Imakefile* when the InterViews application is built outside of the InterViews source tree.

When invoked with no arguments in a directory containing an *Imakefile,* the *imake* program is run with arguments appropriate for your system (configured into *ivmkmf* when InterViews was built) and generates a *Makefile.*

When invoked with the *-a* option, *ivmkmf* builds the *Makefile* in the current directory, and then automatically executes \`\`make Makefiles'' (in case there are subdirectories) and \`\`make depend'' for you.

## SEE ALSO

[imake(1)](/imake/1.md)