For basic installation: $ make all doc ;# as yourself $ make install install-doc ;# as yourself By default, the above command installs StGIT in the $HOME/{bin,lib,share} directories. For a different location, use the prefix option. $ make prefix=/usr all doc #; as yourself # make prefix=/usr install install-doc #; as root Issues of note: - StGit requires git version 1.5.6 or later. (Specifically, it needs a git that includes commit a8128ed6: "git-cat-file: Add --batch option".) - To build and install the documentation, you need to have the asciidoc/xmlto toolchain. The default build target ("make all") does _not_ build them.