For ``.sav`` file installation, simply place the ``idldoc.sav`` file in the ``!path`` in one of the various manners (see IDL's online help for details on how to do this). For building your own IDLdoc from the ``src`` distribution or from the Subversion repository, there are more requirements. 1. Put the ``src`` directory and its subdirectories into the ``!path``. 2. Put the ``src\cmdline_tools`` and ``src\dist_tools`` directories into the ``!dlm_path``. 3. On UNIX systems, build the binaries in the ``src\cmdline_tools`` and ``src\dist_tools`` from the top-level directory by just doing:: $ make all On Windows, the individual commands must be entered. From the ``src\cmdline_tools``:: IDL> mg_build_cmdline_tools From the ``src\dist_tools`` directory:: IDL> mg_build_dist_tools