Make Error: Missing Separator

I am getting the following error running make:

Makefile:168: *** missing separator.  Stop.

What is causing this?

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14 Answers

As indicated in the online manual, the most common cause for that error is that lines are indented with spaces when make expects tab characters.

Correct

target: 
\tcmd

where \t is TAB (U+0009)

Robert Thorne

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