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+CXX = gcc
+TARGET = exe
+SOURCEFILE = main
+CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I. -ansi -pedantic -fpic -g
+LIST_LIBRARY = matrix/libMatrix
+
+#Generating the executable
+$(TARGET): $(SOURCEFILE).o
+	@echo "Generating the executable"
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(SOURCEFILE).o -o $(TARGET)
+
+$(SOURCEFILE).o: $(LIST_LIBRARY).so
+	@echo "Generating $(SOURCEFILE).o"
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -Lmatrix -lmatrix -c $(SOURCEFILE).c -o $@ -LlibMatrix -llibMatrix.so
+
+$(LIST_LIBRARY).so:clean
+	@echo "Generating libMatrix.so" $@
+	#gcc matrix.c -I. -Wall -Werror -fpic -shared -o $(LIST_LIBRARY).so
+	$(CXX) -Wall -Werror -ansi -pedantic -I. matrix.c -o $(LIST_LIBRARY).so -shared -fpic
+
+
+#Cleaning the executable
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning temporary files and libMatrix.so"
+	rm -rf *.o *- *.so $(TARGET)
+	rm -rf $(LIST_LIBRARY).so
+#Generating library
+lib:
+	@echo "Generating libMatrix.so"
+	$(CXX) -Wall -Werror -ansi -pedantic -I. matrix.c -o $(LIST_LIBRARY).so -shared -fpic
+
+release:
+	@echo "Generating a release version of the program"
+	make CFLAGS= '-Wall -Werror -I. -ansi -pedantic -fpic'
+