Installing from the SVN is very similar to installing from source, but you'll have the chance to easily update your FreeLing to the latest development version.
sudo apt-get install build-essential automake libtool subversion
If you use a distribution different than Debian or Ubuntu, these packages may have different names. Use your package manager to locate and install the appropriate ones.
mkdir mysrc cd mysrc svn checkout http://devel.cpl.upc.edu/freeling/svn/latest/freeling svn checkout http://devel.cpl.upc.edu/freeling/svn/latest/omlet svn checkout http://devel.cpl.upc.edu/freeling/svn/latest/fries
cd fries aclocal; libtoolize; autoconf; automake -a cd ../omlet aclocal; libtoolize; autoconf; automake -a cd ../freeling aclocal; libtoolize; autoconf; automake -a cd ..
cd fries ./configure && make sudo make install cd ../omlet ./configure && make sudo make install cd ../freeling ./configure && make sudo make install
If you keep the svn directories, you will be able to update to the latest version at any moment:
cd freeling svn update ./configure && make sudo make installObviously, you can also update fries or omlet versions in the same way.