To successfully compile a Switchfin on your chosen Linux distribution you will need to install some required dependencies.

The below steps are a general guide on installing the requirement per distribution:

Ubuntu 10.04/11.04

1. From your console run the following command with out the quotation marks 
   "sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential liblzo2-dev ncurses-dev zlib1g-dev uuid-dev"
2. Next we need to download the Switchfin source run the following command without quotation marks
   "svn co https://switchfin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/switchfin/switchfin/trunk/ switchfin"
3. You should now have all the requirements to successfully compile Switchfin on Ubuntu 10.04/11.04

Fedora 15

1. From your console log on as root using the following command with out quotation marks
   "su" - you will have to input your root password
2. Run the following command to install the required dependencies with out quotation marks
   "yum install subversion ncurses-devel gcc wget patch glibc-devel glibc-static lzo-devel libuuid-devel"
3. Next we need to download the Switchfin source run the following command without quotation marks
   "svn co https://switchfin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/switchfin/switchfin/trunk/ switchfin"
4. You should now have all the requirements to successfully compile Switchfin on Fedora 15