Typical Build Procedure

# download source and extract

# read the INSTALL and/or README files

./configure --help'' to view build options, and decide which options require pre-existing dependencies (install them first)

# optional, if using libtool
cp /usr/local/share/libtool/config.sub .
cp /usr/local/share/libtool/config.guess .

./configure --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man --infodir=/usr/local/info [custom flags and build options here]

make

sudo make install