To build and install this program: ./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/your_username/.local make make install ------------- Running the first line above creates the following files: aclocal.m4 autom4te.cache config.log config.status configure depcomp hello-world hello-world.desktop hello_world-hello-world.o install-sh missing Makefile.in Makefile Running "make" links all the appropriate libraries. Running "make install", installs the application in /home/your_username/.local/bin and installs the hello-world.desktop file in /home/your_username/.local/share/applications You can now run the application by typing "Hello World" in the Overview. ---------------- To uninstall, type: make uninstall ---------------- To create a tarball type: make distcheck This will create hello-world-1.0.tar.xz