### Get the sources

```bash

# using git is preferred

git clone https://github.com/sass/libsass.git

# only needed for sassc and/or testsuite

git clone https://github.com/sass/sassc.git libsass/sassc

git clone https://github.com/sass/sass-spec.git libsass/sass-spec

```

### Decide for static or shared library

`libsass` can be built and linked as a `static` or as a `shared` library. The default is `static`. To change it you can set the `BUILD` environment variable:

```bash

export BUILD="shared"

```

Alternatively you can also define it directly when calling make:

```bash

BUILD="shared" make ...

```

### Compile the library

```bash

make -C libsass -j5

```

### Results can be found in

```bash

$ ls libsass/lib

libsass.a libsass.so

```

### Install onto the system

We recommend to use [autotools to install](build-with-autotools.md) libsass onto the

system, since that brings all the benefits of using libtools as the main install method.

If you still want to install libsass via the makefile, you need to make sure that gnu

`install` utility (or compatible) is installed on your system.

```bash

yum install coreutils # RedHat Linux

emerge -a coreutils # Gentoo Linux

pkgin install coreutils # SmartOS

```

You can set the install location by setting `PREFIX`

```bash

PREFIX="/opt/local" make install

```

### Compling sassc

```bash

# Let build know library location

export SASS_LIBSASS_PATH="`pwd`/libsass"

# Invokes the sassc makefile

make -C libsass -j5 sassc

```

### Run the spec test-suite

```bash

# needs ruby available

# also gem install minitest

make -C libsass -j5 test_build

```