1.) READ the README.linux file.  It may will save some frustration.

2.) Edit the Makefile for your installation.  NOTE that if you have not
    carried out step 1 you may make choices which could render your
    system and/or these utilities unusable.  Compile the utilities.
    Compilation has been tested with gcc 2.4.5 and libc 4.4.4.

3.) There is no default target for install in the Makefile.  The location
    for system binaries seems to be in the process of evolution.  The
    system administrator who chooses to use this package can probably best
    decide where to put the binaries for the log daemons.  On our network
    they go in /etc.  If /etc is not used for configuration files the
    syslogd.c source must be edited.  If syslogd cannot find its
    configuration file it will die immediately.

4.) For proper functioning both of these utilities are best run as root.
    This is probably not much of a problem since they will probably be
    started either by init or as part of the rc.* startup process.  There
    may be security concerns with running syslogd as root.  Please repeat
    step 1 if you are unsure of why this may be the case.