BUILD ----- Default build use ldc2 as D compiler and build as a static lib. Use flag -j for speed up. Commonly we use this formula: number of cores x 2 + 1 so if you have 4 cores: 4 x 2 + 1 = 9 In this case you add to make command this flag -j 9. - ldc2: $ make - dmd: $ make DC=dmd - gdc: $ make DC=gdc - build as shared lib: $ make shared-lib - Add D flag to build $ make DCFLAGS+="-w -g -O3" INSTALL ------- Usefull var PREFIX, LIB_DIR, DATA_DIR, DESTDIR Default on *NIX: PREFIX = /usr BIN_DIR = /usr/bin INCLUDE_DIR = /usr/include/d LIB_DIR = /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 if you are on 64 bits system DATA_DIR = /usr/share Default on Windows: %ProgramFiles% = C:\Program Files %programfiles(x86)% = C:\Program Files(x86) PREFIX = C:\Program Files BIN_DIR = C:\Program Files\<PROJECT NAME>\bin INCLUDE_DIR = C:\Program Files\<PROJECT NAME>\import LIB_DIR = C:\Program Files\<PROJECT NAME>\lib DATA_DIR = C:\Program Files\<PROJECT NAME>\data DESTDIR = , is empty this var it use for chroot an install - Install: static lib, doc, header, pkgfile $ su -c 'make install' -Install: shared lib, doc, header, pkgfile $ su -c 'make install-shared' - Install both static and shared lib: static lib, shared lib, doc, header, pkgfile $ su -c 'make install install-shared-lib' If you install a shred lib you need to run ldconfig: su -c 'ldconfig'