This file is a mess. Just read the whole damn thing, so you dont miss any important information :) If you have a rpm system you can simply type rpm -ta grustibus-(version).tar.gz to build a rpm package. Debian users can unpack the archive, cd into it and type debuild. Otherwise, read on... gRustibus needs GNOME (>=1.0.55) and gdk_pixbuf(>=0.7.0). Lower versions may or may not work. The only special requirement is gdk_pixbuf, which is a part of GNOME from versions 1.2 and up. If you have an older GNOME, and dont feel like upgrading yet, you can get gdk_pixbuf from ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/unstable/sources/gdk-pixbuf/ and its mirrors. You can get the latest GNOME from http://gnome.org/start/ And obviously, if you intend to use gRustibus for anything other than staring vacantly at it, xmame is required as well. You need at least version 0.36b15. You can check which version you have by typing xmame -V on the commandline. If it says unknown option you need to upgrade :) Versions newer than your gRustibus release may not work (they are betas, and things keep changing). xmame can be downloaded from http://x.mame.net gRustibus uses GNOME functions to find its files. This means that you will have to install gRustibus to the same prefix as GNOME. To be sure you get the right dirs, run configure like this: $ ./configure --prefix=`gnome-config --prefix` --datadir=`gnome-config --datadir` --sysconfdir=`gnome-config --sysconfdir` Then just do a make && make install. In the case you have problems: First make sure you do not have stale gnome-config scripts lying around. The command $ gnome-config --prefix && dirname `which panel` | sed s'/\/bin//'g Should print the same directory twice. If it still will not work right, tell me and I'll try to fix the bug or guide you through it. If you have GNOME installed under /usr, dont like to install non-packaged files all over the place and for some reason can't use rpm or deb, I recommend GNU stow. It lets you install the entire package under a directory and automatically makes symlinks to the required places. Uninstalling and upgrading is just a command away. ------------------------------**WARNING**------------------------------------ Don't use make uninstall, it seems to delete system files. Use stow or delete the files manually instead. The files are (with a typical gnome installation): /etc/gnome/conf/gRustibus.d/catver /usr/bin/grustibus /usr/share/gnome/apps/Games/grustibus.desktop /usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/grustibus.mo /usr/share/pixmaps/grustibus.png /usr/share/pixmaps/mini-grustibus.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/grustibus/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: From version 0.42 and up, gRustibus comes with a file called catver installed in `gnome-config --sysconfdir`. This file is the same file that some Win32 frontends use (they call it catver.ini). You can download updated versions of this file and either overwrite the one installed or install it into ~/.gnome/gRustibus.d. Remember to remove the .ini suffix. Have fun!