Quick Installation

If you are impatient and wish to get Intercom up and running right away, go ahead and perform these steps. However, it is highly recommended that you read the following sections at some point.

Installing System-Wide

In order to install Intercom system-wide such that anyone can use it, enter the following commands from a Unix shell.

$ tar -zxf intercom-0.15.tar.gz

$ cd intercom-0.15

$ ./configure

$ make

$ su root -c make install

Installing into a Home Directory

If you would like to install Intercom into your home directory, execute the following sequence of commands from a Unix shell.

$ tar -zxf intercom-0.15.tar.gz

$ cd intercom-0.15

$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME

$ make

$ make install