To build libChooser from source follow these steps: $ mkdir build $ cd build $ cmake # you can add parameters here: -DDEBUG=1 for example $ make $ sudo make install List of configurable parameters with their default values: DEBUG unset LIBCHOOSER_BIN_PATH "/var/opt/openslx/bin" LIBCHOOSER_ETC_BASE_PATH "/etc/vmchooser" LIBCHOOSER_VMPATH "/var/lib/virt" LIBCHOOSER_X_SESSIONS_PATH "/usr/share/xsessions" To change one of these parameters you have to append -D= when calling cmake.