See also INSTALL.  Once the LinBox distribution has been downloaded from the LinBox download section ,

1. Unpack the distribution using tar command:

tar -xvzf linbox-X.X.X.tar.gz

2. Go to the newly-created linbox directory and run the script configure, optionally you may specify the LinBox installation directory or an optional package directory using prefixes:

> cd linbox
> ./configure [--prefix=<inst. dir.> --with-package=<location> --enable-feature]

Gmp is required and its location must be specified <gmp location> is not a standard location such as /usr or /usr/local:

> ./configure --with-gmp= <gmp location> [...]

Atlas, or other source of BLAS, is also required and its location must be specified if not standard.

> ./configure --with-atlas= <atlas location> [...]

This sets up the library and runs  ./configure

3. Optional configurations

3.1. Where to put the include/ and lib/ directories:

--prefix= <chosen installation directory>
Ex:  ./configure --prefix= `pwd` will put the files within the current directory

3.2. The use of an optional package is switched on by specifying the directory where it can be found:

--with-package=<package_directory>

<package_directory> can be left blank if the package is installed in a standard directory (/usr or /usr/local)
Ex: ./configure --with-givaro will enable the use of Givaro library and assume it is installed in a standard directory

Available packages are the following:

Givaro	--with-givaro= <givaro_directory>	used for finite field arithmetic.
Lidia	--with-lidia= <lidia_directory>	used for finite field arithmetic.
NTL	--with-ntl= <ntl_directory>	used for finite field, polynomial arithmetic.
Saclib	--with-saclib= <saclib_directory>	not yet used
Maple	--with-maple= <maple-directory>	used to create an interface with Maple.
Doxygen	--with-doxygen= <doxygen-path>	used to create the html reference manual.

Note:

the use of --with-default= <default_directory> can add a special directory to the default location of library

the use of --with-all specifies that all package will be used

3.3. The use of special feature is switched on by calling the enable parameter:

--enable-feature
Ex: ./configure --enable-shared will turn on the build of shared library

Available extra features are the following:

--enable-optimization	turn on runtime optimization during the configuration
--enable-doc	turn on the build of documentation via Doxygen.

4.  Install the library:

>  make install