By default don't build libnethogs (but document how to do it)

Makefile

@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ export VERSION      := $(shell ./determineVersion.sh)
 #export PREFIX := /usr
 export PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 
-all: nethogs decpcap_test test
-	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeApp.mk $@
-	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk $@
+all: decpcap_test test nethogs
 
-.PHONY: tgz release
+.PHONY: tgz release check install install_lib install_dev uninstall uninstall_lib nethogs libnethogs decpcap_test test clean all
 tgz: clean
 	git archive --prefix="nethogs-$(VERSION)/" -o "../nethogs-$(VERSION).tar.gz" HEAD
 
@@ -23,21 +21,28 @@ check:
 
 install:
 	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeApp.mk $@
-	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk $@
 	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 
+install_lib:
+	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk install
+
 install_dev:
 	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk $@
 	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 
 uninstall:
 	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeApp.mk $@
-	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk $@
 	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 
+uninstall_lib:
+	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk uninstall
+
 nethogs:
 	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeApp.mk $@
 
+libnethogs:
+	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeLib.mk all
+
 decpcap_test:
 	$(MAKE) -C src -f MakeApp.mk $@
 

README.md

@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ compatibility while we look for the right abstraction points. Packaging
 libnethogs as an independent package is currently discouraged, as the chance
 of different applications successfully using the same libnethogs are slim.
 
+Build it with `make libnethogs`, install with `make install_lib` or `make install_dev`.
+
 libnethogs is being used in https://github.com/mb-gh/gnethogs
 
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