To build/install openmp version on linux: tar xvzf vs2drt-1.6.0.tar.gz cd vs2drt-1.6.0 mkdir _openmp cd _openmp/ ../configure --help # instructions ../configure --prefix=$HOME # to install in home directory (non-root) make -j 10 # build using 10 processes make install To build/install mpi version on linux: cd vs2drt-1.6.0 mkdir _mpi cd _mpi/ ../configure --help # instructions ../configure --with-mpi --prefix=$HOME # to install in home directory (non-root) make -j 10 # build using 10 processes make install