These are rough notes on how to compile Eigensoft on Ubuntu Jaunty. Create a location to build the code: Warning: /tmp is for temporary files, and any files & directories you create there will be remove upon some subsequent reboot. cd /tmp; mkdir EIGEN; cd  EIGEN; Get the Eigensoft source code: wget  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/alkes-price/files/EIG3.0.tar.gz; tar xzvf [...]