Building kpicosim from source: ==================== Extract the sources and change directory $ tar zxvf kpicosim-0.6.tar.gz $ cd kpicosim-0.6 Then run configure $ ./configure After that, compile the source: $ make And as last install the program (make sure you are root) # make install Now the program kpicosim is installed on your system. Just run $ kpicosim Building under Debian: ====================== Extract the sources and change into the new directory $ tar xvzf kpicosim-0.6.tar.gz $ cd kpicosim-0.6 Build the package: $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -b Run 'dpkg -i ../kpicosim*.deb' as root.