http://neil.franklin.ch/Projects/Parport/INSTALL author Neil Franklin, last modification 2007.10.30 1. download and unpack the .tar.gz distribution file into any directory 2. modifiy Makefile to tell it about your system arrangement - in particular set the PREFIX variable to where you want it installed (and no I am not making an ./configure --PREFIX for this triffle) 3. type make to generate the various binary files 4. as root user type make install to install the software 5. read the man 1 parport man page to see how to use this tool 7. run the examples given in the man page in the EXAMPLES seciton 8. to deinstall, as root user type make uninstall Thats all folks!