SGPEMv2 is ... description of product. Still to be written ... please refer to the Info manual in the meantime. For convenience, here's a short glance at the build process (while the manual isn't finished): in the source package root directory, type: mkdir =build && cd =build ../configure --prefix=/path/to/installation/dir make su -c "make install" if you want to generate API documentation via Doxygen: make apidox if you want PDFs of the user and developer manuals, make pdf As simple as that.