How to compile Scyther Requirements expressed as Ubuntu packages where [name][location] Needed: [gcc] The C compiler. Note that the current default C compiler on Mac OS X, "clang", will not work. The reason is that Scyther uses nested function definitions, which are not supported by clang. [flex] [bison] Two tools for the generation of parsers. [build-essential] This meta-package includes several development tools used by Scyther. [cmake] A Makefile generator, available on almost any platform. For cross-compilation (Windows): [mingw32][universe] GCC variant to compile for windows + w32 binutils. The best is to simply execute: ./build.sh This should compile everything for your platform and will copy the binaries into the correct location.