========================== Installation Instructions: ========================== First, make sure you have the proper build dependencies installed. On a normal Debian or Ubuntu system, those dependencies are: g++ make python-all-dev python-all version >= 2.4 python-dbus python-gnome2-extras python-gtk2 version >= 2.9 python-notify python-pyopenssl librsvg2-common python-xdg python-support libboost-dev >= 1.33.1 libboost-thread-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-serialization-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev But the names of the packages may vary depending on your OS / distro. Once you have the needed libraries installed, build Deluge by running: $ make You shouldn't get any errors. Then run, as root (or by using sudo): $ make install