I've got this Makefile: CFLAGS = -c -Wall CC = g++ EXEC = main SOURCES = main.cpp listpath.cpp Parser.cpp OBJECTS = $(SOURCES: .cpp=.o) EXECUTABLE = tp DIR_SRC = /src/ DIR_OBJ = /obj/ all: $(SOURCES) $(OBJECTS) $(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o $@ .cpp.o: $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ clean: rm $(OBJECTS) $(EXECUTABLE) Note this: I'm in the directory "." which contains the makefile The folder "./src" EXISTS, and has all the .h and .cpp files The folder "./obj" doesn't exist, I want makefile to create it and put all the .o there The error I get is: No rules to build "main.cpp", necessary for "all". Stopping. Help!