If using git (not the tarball), build the "configure" file: autoreconf --install To then build from source: ./configure make For detailed installation directions, see the guide at doc/guide/bind10-guide.txt or doc/guide/bind10-guide.html. You can find user-contributed OS-specific build/installation instructions on the BIND 10 wiki: http://bind10.isc.org/wiki/SystemSpecificNotes