Linux/Unix installation instructions follow. To install FindIT, from the source tree run: python setup.py install --prefix= If you omit --prefix FindIT will be installed into the python system directory (typically /usr) This is not recommended however, as there is no way to uninstall things easily this way. The recommended way of running FindIT is from the source tree, which might seem strange, but is no problem at all, especially if you are the only user of the system that is interested in running FindiT. From the source tree run: python ./findit.py