This library is a C++ template library and, as such, there is no library to build and install. ---- To build and run the provided tests, however, you will need to install CMake and the Google C++ Test framework. Download CMake from http://www.cmake.org Download the GoogleTest framework from http://code.google.com/p/googletest export GTEST_ROOT=/path/for/gtest-x.y cmake . -Dbuild_tests=ON