SCONS (http://www.scons.org) is the make system of choice for gnophone. Given that it is written in python and it's modern design, it is easier to maintain than the Makefiles, M4 macro definitions, etc. I enjoy my sanity. Scons can be installed globally on your system, or locally in the gnophone directory as the scons-local package (look at the download page on the scons website). This means that the install of scons globally on your system is not required. TO INSTALL SCONS-LOCAL: I have provided the install-scons.sh script in the gnophone/ directory. This command assumes that you have wget installed. It is easy to install on a system if you do not have wget, anyways. written by travis axtell