Short overview for those who don't read manuals: This software is compiled to binary form using a build system based on the CMake framework. Therefore, the requirements to build this package are: - cmake (recent version, available from http://www.cmake.org or maybe as a package in your Linux distribution) - make (an implmentation supported by cmake, eg. GNU make, smake, ...) - working GCC compiler environment COMPILATION: Run: make INSTALLATION: Run: make install To force a custom target directory, use something like: cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/freeware build make install