It depends on the programming language the project is done in. Read the README in the repository (most have some) For auto-tools (C) programs, usually: ./con

It depends on the programming language the project is done in. Read the README in the repository (most have some) For auto-tools (C) programs, usually: ./configure --prefix=$HOME/some-thing make make install your program should then be in $HOME/some-thing/bin/some-program