deb and rpm packages - DarGUI is available from the Sourceforge as Debian or RPM packages which can be installed with the appropriate tools.

Binary tarball - DarGUI is available from the Sourceforge as a binary archive, compressed using gzip. To install using this method, extract the contents of the archive to a convenient location and then execute the script install.sh. If you should later want to remove DarGUI you can do this by executing the script uninstall.sh.

Compilation from source - DarGUI is written in Freepascal using the Lazarus Component Library. To compile DarGUI from source you will need to install the most recent versions of Freepascal and Lazarus from the Lazarus download page. Versions available through your distribution's package manager may fail if they do not have all the necessary components.
To compile, startup Lazarus and open the DarGUI project file using Project->Open Project from the main menu. There are two prohject files in the DarGUI source directory, named dargui.lpi and darlogger.lpi. You will need to open and compile both projects. To compile, select Run->Build all.

Requirements - DarGUI uses xterm and the bash shell to run dar scripts. To schedule automatic backups atd and/or cron are required.