The installation of &name; is straightforward. It uses traditional UNIX systems way. For a basic installation, simply execute the following three commands in the specified sequence. ./configure make make install By default this will install following header and appropriate symlinks file on you system typically located in /usr/include/ directory. platon/cfg+.h file platon/cfg.h symbolic link cfg+.h symbolic link cfg.h symbolic link Of course, also library files will be installed. Typically in /usr/lib/ directory. It consists of the following components: &name;.a static library &name;-&version;.so shared library &name;.so symbolic link to shared library Note that you can pass several options with arguments to the ./configure script. Type ./configure --help to get more information.