When compiling GTK+ I get an error like: make: file `Makefile' line 456: Syntax error [GTK 2.x]

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# When compiling GTK+ I get an error like: `make: file `Makefile' line 456: Syntax error` [GTK 2.x]

Make sure that you are using GNU make (use `make -v` to check). There are many weird and wonderful versions of make out there, and not all of them handle the automatically generated Makefiles.

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