el2" number="3.1">
<h2><span class="header-section-number">3.1</span> Invoking the Make utility</h2>
<p>To compile Stan programs, you must invoke the Make program from
the <code>&lt;cmdstan-home&gt;</code> directory.
The Stan program can be in a different directory, but the directory path
names cannot contain spaces - this limitation is imposed by Make.</p>
<pre><code>&gt; cd &lt;cmdstan_home&gt;</code></pre>
<p>In the call to the Make program, the target is name of the CmdStan executable
corresponding to t