Solution: Under the "Build" menu, you'll see two selections. 1- for "Autoconf and automake" and 2- "Configure". If you make changes at the project level like changing options, adding libs, etc. You need to run autoconf and automake, and Configure to recreate the makefiles. Normally, to test out code changes and just make (build) the project, you'd just press F8 or use the Build -> Make menu. Here's another one that you might run into... To add libraries to the project. goto Project -> options (or press F7) and then select "Linker Options". In the "Additional Libraries" box, enter the library to use using the -l prefix. For example, if you're using libcrypto.a then enter -lcrypto. Of course, you'd have to autoconf/automake, and configure again after this change.