# Based on https://github.com/sass/libsass/wiki/Building-with-autotools # Install dependencies sudo apt-get install automake libtool # Fetch sources git clone https://github.com/sass/libsass.git git clone https://github.com/sass/sassc.git libsass/sassc # Create configure script cd libsass autoreconf --force --install cd .. # Create custom makefiles for **shared library**, for more info read: # 'Difference between static and shared libraries?' before installing libsass http://stackoverflow.com/q/2649334/802365 cd libsass autoreconf --force --install ./configure \ --disable-tests \ --enable-shared \ --prefix=/usr cd .. # Build the library make -C libsass -j5 # Install the library sudo make -C libsass -j5 install