This is the source distribution directory of McXtrace 1.2 for use with general UNIX-type systems. This is a single meta-tarball with a set of minor packages inside. For a minimal install of mcxtrace you need to install mcxtrace-1.2-src and mcxtrace-comps-1.2-src. You probably want the perl-tools and the manual as well in mcxtrace-toosl-perl-1.2-src and mcxtrace-manuals-1.2-src resp. Given that build dependencies are met you should be able to install the various package by unpacking a tarball and running cmake/make inside it. E.g. for mcxtrace-1.2 tar -xvzf mcxtrace-1.2-src.tar.gz cd mcxtrace-1.2-src cmake . make sudo make install The last step usually needs adminstative privileges since mcxtrace will (by default) install to /usr/local This procedure should be repeated for the packages you want. Please see http://www.mcxtrace.org/documentation/installation for more details