Build Lnav follows the usual GNU style for configuring and installing software: Run  ./autogen.sh  if compiling from a cloned repository. ▌$ ./configure  ▌$ make  ▌$ sudo make install  See Also Angle-grinder[1] is a tool to slice and dice log files on the command-line. If you're familiar with the SumoLogic query language, you might find this tool more comfortable to work with. ▌[1] - https://github.com/rcoh/angle-grinder