1) run: source environment.bash The script will determine it's path and set all needed directories to run and test ccdb. 2) make ccdb library for your system and if one need a python, python script: cd $CCDB_HOME make -f CCDBLigrary.make make -f SwigPython.make this will produce libccdb.so in $CCDB_HOME/lib and python wrapping library for python script. 3) if you would like to install database on the local machine, you need to create a database (by default called ccdb) mysql script ccdb.mysql.sql with schema might be found in $CCDB_HOME/mysql directory mysql -u root -p <$CCDB_HOME/mysql/ccdb.mysql.sql database ccdb will be created and filled with tables and some needed and semple records Also one might need to create a user for the new database. By default package tries to connect by using 'ccdb_user' user name with no password To create the user for development perposes use sql command mysql -u root -p CREATE USER ccdb_user; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ccdb.* TO 'ccdb_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; exit;