BeOS is largely Unix/GNU compatible so for installing you should read the instructions in INSTALL.unx. But there are a few issues: - If you get the message 'error: cannot guess host type; you must specifiy one' you need a autoconf/config.guess and autoconf/config.sub. Those from autoconf-2.13 work. - BeOS neither needs nor supports -lm. You should remove them (after configure) from the Makefile manually. - BeOS uses a blinking white-on-black cursor. This is largely unreadable in the default Jed 0.99 color-scheme.