1. Read README 2. Read config.Unix and modify it according to your needs. 3. Make sure you have the Xaw3d widget set (*including* its header files) installed properly (see config.Unix again). 4. Execute the following commands in the top directory: xmkmf make Makefiles make This should produce the executable "./source/gv" . 5. Execute make install to install the executable './source/gv' in the proper directory. 6. Execute make install.man to install the manpage './doc/gv.man' in the proper directory. 7. Execute make install.doc to install various documentation files in './doc/' in the proper directory. 6. Execute gv to check whether all these efforts were successful.