1. Make sure you have sourced the file $GNUSTEP_ROOT/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh You can test this by typing "echo $GNUSTEP_ROOT". If that gives an empty line, you need to source the mentioned file. 2. Type make This will build everything for you. If you encounter an error please send mail to . (Warnings are sort of OK :-)) 3. As root, type make install 4. As a normal user again, type openapp AddressManager Bingo! There are a couple of things in the subdirectory Goodies, which for some reason aren't built by default. You can build all of them in precisely the same way (make, make install), or you can just type "make goodies" followed by "make goodies-install" in the main directory. Look at Goodies/README for details.