To build the package, try this: rpmbuild --rebuild audit-1.7.5-1.src.rpm substituting the proper version. If you insist on doing it the hard way: ./configure --sbindir=/sbin --with-python=yes --with-libwrap --enable-gssapi-krb5=yes --with-libcap-ng=yes make make install If you want to do this from a svn copy, precede the above with: ./autogen.sh