type "./configure", then "make" and finally "sudo make install" For special modules you need to install software packages before you run "./configure": Ubuntu/Debian: apt-get install libssl-dev libssh-dev libidn11-dev libpcre3-dev libgtk2.0-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev libsvn-dev firebird2.1-dev libncp-dev libncurses5-dev Redhat/Fedora: yum install openssl-devel pcre-devel ncpfs-devel postgresql-devel libssh-devel subversion-devel libncurses-devel OpenSuSE: zypper install libopenssl-devel pcre-devel libidn-devel ncpfs-devel libssh-devel postgresql-devel subversion-devel libncurses-devel For the Oracle login module, install the basic and SDK packages: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/instant-client/index.html