I've been needing to write this log forever. I finally found it. Here's
compiling from the source.

First step is to unzip the file. One of the easiest ways to do this is
with gzip. For the rest, it's a breeze.

unzip the sourcefile.tar.gz.whatever
cd sourcefile
./configure
make
make test (optional)
make install

The ./configure scans your computer to make sure it has everything it
needs to install. It will give you a fatal error and tell you what it's
missing if you don't.