Deps: sdl, sdl-mixer, sdl-image, sdl-ttf, lua5.1 To run just from build dir use: rm -f Rules.make ln -s Rules.make.standalone Rules.make make clean make ./sdl-instead To install into system: # as root rm -f Rules.make ln -s Rules.make.system Rules.make make clean make install sdl-instead On debian systems: apt-get install liblua5.1-dev libreadline-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libreadline5-dev building deb package: apt-get install build-essential debuild