To build use cmake (Minimum version 3.7.2): cmake . make To install: make install To un-install: make uninstall To build debug (no optimizations, symbols - this is the default): cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug make To build release (optimizations, symbols): cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release make To build to a custom installation prefix (default is /usr): cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr make To build with openssl on non-standard location (e.g. on Mac): OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local To build release package with build number 42: PACKAGE_RELEASE="42" cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && make package To buld CMAKE from source wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.7/cmake-3.7.2.tar.gz tar -zxvf cmake-3.7.2.tar.gz cd cmake-3.7.2 ./bootstrap --prefix=/usr/local make make install /usr/local/bin/cmake --version Centos dependencies: - yum groupinstall "Development Tools" - yum install libuuid-devel libatomic openssl-devel