Components which are always part of a distribution (never stand-alone)
are "glafp-utils" and "mk" (a configuration system).
+Quick start: the following is *supposed* to work
+
+ $ ./configure
+ $ make boot
+ $ make
+ $ make install
+
+where 'make' is whatever GNU make is called on your system. The
+configuration script is a standard GNU autoconf script which accepts
+all the normal arguments, eg. --prefix=<blah> to install the package
+somewhere other than /usr/local. Try ./configure --help to get a full
+list of the options.
+
There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution. Please
consult that, or the <piece>/README file, to find out how to proceed.