Here’s some stuff I didn’t know, when first I wanted to compile other people’s code.

1. If there’s a CMakeLists.txt: mkdir build, cd build, cmake .., make
2. If there’s only a Makefile, make
   • Subsequent “sudo make install” usually installs it somewhere accessible via path
3. If you’re missing a library or header file FOO, probably: apt-get install libFOO-dev
   • But you should probably search packages to make sure. I usually use aptitude to search, though I think it’s deprecated and you should probably use apt-get install to do the installation