# Install smake with Homebrew, MacPorts, zypper Portable make program with automake features. Version 2024-03-21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-16. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:smake ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install smake ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install smake ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/smake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install smake ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: smake from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:smake - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2024-03-21 - **Source summary:** Portable make program with automake features - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** CDDL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-16T10:49:39Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - smake (cli) - smake (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2024-03-21 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-16 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage smake is Schily make, a portable make implementation with automake-style features. It is distributed today as part of the schilytools collection. ### Project history The smake man page carries J. Schilling copyright history beginning in 1985 and describes a make-compatible tool with additional automake features for portable, layered makefiles. The schilytools README describes the current project as a continuation of tools originally written or managed by J. Schilling, preserving compatibility and portability while accepting fixes and suitable new work. ### Adoption history The schilytools compilation documentation says smake is the preferred make program for the Schily makefile system and that the makefile system was introduced in 1993. The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, MacPorts, and zypper package names, reflecting use by Unix package builders and ports systems that need portable build tooling. ### How it is used smake reads SMakefile, Makefile, or makefile, executes dependency-driven build rules, and propagates command-line macros through MAKEFLAGS. In schilytools itself, it is both a build tool and part of the bootstrap story for the larger source tree. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about smake because it preserves a non-GNU make lineage used by portable Unix software. It also exposes how historical build systems, bootstrap constraints, and make dialects still shape package recipes. ### Timeline - 1985: smake copyright history begins in the man page. - 1993: Schily makefile system introduced according to README.compile. - 2022: schilytools Codeberg repository created. - 2024: schilytools 2024-03-21 release published on Codeberg. ### Related projects - smake is related to SunPro make, GNU make, Schily makefilesystem, schilytools, cdrecord, mkisofs, star, and other historical Unix build and packaging tools. ### Sources - - - - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for smake. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** smake - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - zypper - smake - 2024.03.21-53.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: smake from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The Schily "make" program | https://codeberg.org/schilytools/schilytools - MacPorts - smake: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/smake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [star](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/star/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [boot-clj](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/boot-clj/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [bsdmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools, make. - [mage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, build-tool, cli, developer-tools. - [omake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/omake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools, make. - [bmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools, make, portable. - [cabin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cabin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools. - [dune](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dune/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: build-system, cli, developer-tools. - [bold](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bold/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, system. - [leiningen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/leiningen/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: build, build-tool, cli, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/smake.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/smake.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph