Under HP-UX, it is necessary to add options -Aa and -D_HPUX_SOURCE to the compiler flags when using HP's C compiler (not gcc). This can be done by invoking configure with: CC=cc CPPFLAGS=-D_HPUX_SOURCE CFLAGS=-Aa ./configure HP's make utility may have problems with some of the Makefiles, if it complains about missing separators, please try gmake (GNU make).