This package requires its patch to be applied before you can install it. This patch fixes a locale problem that makes w crash under certain locale settings. Apply the patch: patch -Np1 -i ../procps-&procps-patch-version;.patch Compile Procps: make Finish installing the package: make XSCPT="" install The XSCPT option will set the Makefile variable XSCPT to an empty value so that XConsole installation is disabled. Otherwise, make install tries to copy the file XConsole to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. That directory does not exist because X is not installed.