1) Run "configure" $ ./configure Alternate installation prefixes can be specified with --prefix (default: /usr/local): $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gnu Other options are available from configure, run configure --help for more information. (Although, only the directory options are applicable.) 2) Install (you must be able to write to the installation directories, usually /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/man/man8) $ make install