Ksshaskpass's build system uses CMake. So to compile Ksshaskpass first create a build dir (cmake does not support building in the source dir): mkdir build cd build then run cmake: cmake .. (a typical cmake option that is often used is: -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=) Finally build Ksshaskpass: make And install it (in most cases root privileges are required): make install (Text more or less copied from the Soprano build instructions.)