* execute ./autogen.sh to create a ./configure script
* execute ./configure to create a Makefile
* edits to the Makefile or only to be made in Makefile.in

the following options to the configure script have so far been enabled (see ./configure --help for details):
--with-boschungio compiles BoschungIO plugin (libxml++-2.6 required)
--with-imisio compiles IMISIO plugin
--enable-debug enables the debug mode (release mode is deault)
--with-target=ARG where ARG may be safe (default), grid or zeus