Compiled On The Eee PC

• apt-get install build-essential
• download the source code from the applicable website
• uncompress it (in XandrosFileManager, right-click, choose extract all)
• change to the directory containing the source code
• in a terminal, enter the command "./configure"
• resolve any errors
• make
• make install DESTDIR=/home/user/packageroot

$DESTDIR should give the absolute directory to install files to. If left blank, will install at /

If you are creating a package, supply the root directory of the pacakge.