diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index ff72089..ffd0c0a 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 ### makefile
 
 - release
-- distribution
 
 ### documentation
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 1572c71..d70a248 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@ PREFIX       ?= /usr/local
 LIBDIR       ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 INCLUDEDIR   ?= $(PREFIX)/include
 PKGCONFIGDIR ?= /usr/share/pkgconfig
-install-pkgconfig:
-	[ -d $(PKGCONFIGDIR) ] || install -m 0755 -d $(PKGCONFIGDIR)
-	install -m 0644 ipc.pc $(PKGCONFIGDIR)
-install-library:
-	[ -d $(LIBDIR) ] || install -m 0755 -d $(LIBDIR)
-	install -m 0644 zig-out/lib/libipc.a $(LIBDIR)
-	install -m 0644 zig-out/lib/libipc.so $(LIBDIR)
-install-header:
-	[ -d $(INCLUDEDIR) ] || install -m 0755 -d $(INCLUDEDIR)
-	install -m 0644 libipc.h $(INCLUDEDIR)
+
+$(PKGCONFIGDIR):; install -m 0755 -d $(PKGCONFIGDIR)
+$(PKGCONFIGDIR)/ipc.pc: ipc.pc; install -m 0644 ipc.pc $(PKGCONFIGDIR)
+install-pkgconfig: $(PKGCONFIGDIR) $(PKGCONFIGDIR)/hexa.pc
+
+$(LIBDIR):; install -m 0755 -d $(LIBDIR)
+$(LIBDIR)/libipc.a:   zig-out/lib/libipc.a;	install -m 0644 zig-out/lib/libipc.a $(LIBDIR)
+$(LIBDIR)/libipc.so: zig-out/lib/libipc.so;	install -m 0644 zig-out/lib/libipc.so $(LIBDIR)
+install-library: $(LIBDIR) $(LIBDIR)/libipc.a $(LIBDIR)/libipc.so
+
+$(INCLUDEDIR):;	install -m 0755 -d $(INCLUDEDIR)
+$(INCLUDEDIR)/libipc.h: libipc.h;	install -m 0644 libipc.h $(INCLUDEDIR)
+install-header: $(INCLUDEDIR) $(INCLUDEDIR)/libipc.h
+
 install: install-pkgconfig install-library install-header
+	@echo "Now that you have installed the library, you should (probably) run ldconfig."
 
 uninstall-library:
 	rm $(LIBDIR)/libipc.a \
@@ -50,19 +55,19 @@ serve-doc:
 PACKAGE ?= libipc
 VERSION ?= 0.2.0
 PKG = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
-dist-dir:
-	[ -d $(PKG) ] || ln -s . $(PKG)
 $(PKG).tar.gz: dist-dir
 	tar zcf $@ \
 		$(PKG)/src \
-		$(PKG)/build.zig \
+		$(PKG)/build.zig* \
 		$(PKG)/libipc.h \
+		$(PKG)/ipc.pc \
 		$(PKG)/makefile* \
 		$(PKG)/README* \
 		$(PKG)/TODO*
-dist-rm-dir:
-	rm $(PKG)
-dist-gz: $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG):; ln -s . $(PKG)
+dist-dir: $(PKG)
+dist-rm-dir:; rm $(PKG)
+dist-gz: $(PKG).tar.gz
 dist: dist-gz dist-rm-dir
 
 # You can add your specific instructions there.