You will need to install some packages to your Debian/Ubuntu first: sudo apt-get install bison libpixman-1-dev libxfont-dev libxkbfile-dev libpciaccess-dev \ xutils-dev xcb-proto python-xcbgen xsltproc \ x11proto-bigreqs-dev x11proto-composite-dev \ x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev \ x11proto-dmx-dev x11proto-dri2-dev x11proto-fixes-dev \ x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev \ x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev \ x11proto-print-dev x11proto-randr-dev \ x11proto-record-dev x11proto-render-dev \ x11proto-resource-dev x11proto-scrnsaver-dev \ x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xcmisc-dev \ x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev \ x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev \ x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev