If you want the manual, or a "how to use" for this program, See the web page for the latest documentation, at http://threedepict.sourceforge.net. Most users should obtain a "binary" version from the website. If you are trying to build from source, the webpage is recommended, but otherwise, install the required dependencies (see website for more details) and then, from the command-line run: ./configure make make install to build the default-mode (single-threaded, debug on ) program. Interesting configure flags (see ./configure --help): --enable-openmp-parallel : Enable multi-CPU mode (for multi-CPU sections of the program) via the "openMP" framework --disable-debug-checks : Disable debug checks. This makes the program much faster, but less likely to catch program bugs --enable-mgl2 : Enable mathgl 2.x mode. By default, mathgl 1.x is assumed to be installed Some Dependencies: libxml2 qhull gsl ftgl mathgl libpng wxwidgets gettext Remember, for dependencies under linux platforms you must install the -dev, or -devel packages, in order to allow compilation For those with no idea how to install the dependencies, you can *try* running the "getDeps.sh" script in the packaging/deps/ folder, but it is not guaranteed to work on your system. For those under Windows, we recommend to install a different OS (eg debian, ubuntu - maybe in a Virtual machine) then "cross-compile". This is not trivial, but you can look at the deps/mingw-debian-cross/bootstrap.sh script as a starting point.