The project is too small to warrent autoconf or anything else complex, so simply use the makefile provided to compile and install the software from source. For a default install all that is needed is the following: 1. Decompress/archive the project file: tar -xzf getht-<version>.tar.gz or tar -xyf getht-<version>.tar.bz2 2. Change to hdte directory: cd getht-<version> 3. Run make to compile the source: make 4. Use make again to install it (you'll need to have root privilages): make install For further build options, see the output of "make help"