The program has no dependencies. Then, if you have A-A-P installed (try: aap --version) do: aap install Otherwise use make: make make install (With the right rights) All SVN development is done with ccbuild, so entering the source directory and executing ccbuild, should produce a valid binary. (http://ccbuild.sf.net/) Some code documentation can be generated using doxygen. More information an newer versions can be found at http://metalinks.sourceforge.net