The compressed archive contains source files in the functional programming language Haskell. Emping should run on any platform which has the Glasgow Haskell compiler installed. The preferred way to install emping is through Cabal, for example: $ runhaskell Setup.lhs configure --prefix=$HOME $ runhaskell Setup.lhs build $ runhaskell Setup.lhs install where the commands might need to follow the prefix: /usr/bin/env depending on your settings. You might want to look at: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/How_to_write_a_Haskell_program and/or the cabal documentation at: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/Cabal/index.html for more information. ------------------------------------------- Or, put the the source files in a directory of your choice and compile them with: ghc -fglasgow-exts --make -O Main.hs -o emping where ghc is the Haskell compiler and emping is the executable. (-fglasgow-exts is a required option and -O (upper case) optimizes the compilation)