u-1@srv-1 xps $ ls
xps-4.2.tar.gz
u-1@srv-1 xps $ tar -xzf *.gz
u-1@srv-1 xps $ cd xps*
u-1@srv-1 xps-4.2 $ 
u-1@srv-1 xps-4.2 $ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for prefix by checking for xps... no
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config.status: executing depfiles commands
Checking operating system and version...
Configuring for Linux...
Linking os.h...
Linking os.c...
Linking sigmap.h...
Linking loadavg.c...
Linking loadavg.h...
u-1@srv-1 xps-4.2 $
u-1@srv-1 xps-4.2 $ make
Making all in doc
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/u-1/xps/xps-4.2/doc'
pod2man --center='User Commands' xps.pod >xps.1
pod2html --infile=xps.pod --outfile=xps.html
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make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/u-1/xps/xps-4.2/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/u-1/xps/xps-4.2/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/u-1/xps/xps-4.2'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/u-1/xps/xps-4.2'
u-1@srv-1 xps-4.2 $ 
u-1@srv-1 xps-4.2 $ cd src
u-1@srv-1 src $ ./xps