Please read the files (especially README.Makefiles) in the husky-common (huskybse) package FIRST! Unix: ----- 0. The smapi 2.2 package is required for the fidoconfig 0.14 package 1. Put the fidoconfig package in the directory where the other packages of fido linux reside: /usr/src/packages/ -> smapi/ -> fidoconfig/ -> hpt/ -> htick/ ...some other 2. Determine which makefile you need to use then compile and install fidoconfig using selected makefile, as this example for linux: $ make -f makefile.lnx $ make -f makefile.lnx install 3. Ensure /usr/local/lib/ is in /etc/ld.so.conf 4. Execute ldconfig as root 5. Write a fido config according to the proposal which is also in this package. If your are just some normal point, give the shell script fidoInst a chance. Always test the config with the tparser tool, which you can place in a directory like /usr/local/bin. You're ready. Now you can compile hpt, and other software which uses fidoconfig.