For Unix You need following libraries: aalib In most cases you should use: CFLAGS=your best optimizing switches export CFLAGS #note that first two lines are usually not needed in case you use #gnu c compiler where AA-lib uses quite good ones automatically ./configure #make sure that makefile contains your favorite switches make Follow instructions displayed by make to enable sound see help for configure in case of problems For DOS: You need following libraries: aalib, text, vga compiled in same directory as you uncompress bb_src.zip make -f makefile.dos