The installation of Zinf is fairly straight forward. Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preparations: What you'll need to fully build Zinf (note: most, if not all, of the following are optional, but major features of Zinf will be missing if the software packages are not installed.) nasm + perl: if you want to build with assembly optimzations libid3: if you want changes made to mp3 metadata to be written to disk GTK+ 1.2.x: _NEEDED_ if you want to have a GUI for Zinf gdk-pixbuf: used for some optimzations, and if you want to use the kjofol theme converter. freetype: needed if you want the GTK+ GUI to look pretty. Building Zinf: Under Linux you must follow these steps to build the binary: 1) ./configure The configure script should be a fairly familiar thing. If it fails to successfully complete, you're probably missing some vital component. It will also warn you of any missing optional components, such as GTK+, and tell you where to obtain the missing software packages. Run ./configure --help to see the various options you have in compiling Zinf. 2) make This will build the binary. If any problems occur here, send an email detailing the errors to info@zinf.org. 3) make install This will install the binaries and plugins into /usr/local, or to the directory you specified by running ./configure --prefix=foo 4) Zinf Run it and enjoy =) Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Build: See the file README.WIN32 in the main source directory Install: In order to build the installer you will need InstallShield Pro version 5.0 or later. The InstallShield project file is in the install/win32 directory. The first thing you need to do is run the Media Build Wizard under the Build menu. Choose the package you wish to create (Zinf 32bit Install, etc.) and click "Next" until it builds. Next, compile the installer from the Build menu. This will place the install files in: install/win32/Media/<Package>/Disk Images/disk1 you can run the setup.exe file or use the PackageForTheWeb utility to create a self-extracting installer. NOTE: The InstallShield installer looks for the program files in the base\win32\prj directory so if you want to build an installer do not remove the files.