The compilation requires gcc, autoconf, automake, cmake, mpi, boost, etc., which can be obtained using
# For MacOS: use brew install, such as
brew install gcc autoconf automake cmake openmpi boost rsync flex
# For Ubuntu: use apt-get install, such as
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake
sudo apt-get install libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin zlib1g-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev
sudo apt-get install rsync flex bison gnuplot libreadline-dev libncurses-dev libxt-dev
make