This library is a C++ template library and, as such, there is no library to build and install. Copy the .h files and use them! See http://code.google.com/p/cpp-btree/wiki/UsageInstructions for details. ---- To build and run the provided tests, however, you will need to install CMake, the Google C++ Test framework, and the Google flags package. Download and install CMake from http://www.cmake.org Download and build the GoogleTest framework from http://code.google.com/p/googletest Download and install gflags from https://code.google.com/p/gflags export GTEST_ROOT=/path/for/gtest-x.y cmake . -Dbuild_tests=ON