diff --git a/Makefile.linux b/Makefile.linux
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+PROG=       xmem
+VERSION=    1.27
+LDFLAGS+=   -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -lX11 -lXt -lXaw -lXmu
+CFLAGS+=    -Wall -I/usr/include/X11/ -I/usr/X11R6/include/ -I/usr/local/include/
+OBJECTS=    xmem.o  MemStripChart.o get_mem.o
+
+all: xmem
+
+xmem.full:
+	@echo "full not supported yet"
+
+xmem.debug:
+	@echo "debug not supported yet"
+
+xmem: $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CC) -o xmem $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+%.o: %c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf $(OBJECTS) $(PROG)
+
+dist:
+	mkdir -p ${PROG}-${VERSION}
+	cp *.h *.c Makefile xmem.1 xmem.bit copyright XMem.ad ${PROG}-${VERSION}
+	tar cfvz ${PROG}-${VERSION}.tar.gz ${PROG}-${VERSION}
+	rm -rf ${PROG}-${VERSION}
+
+dist-clean:
+	-rm ${PROG}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+install:
+	install -d -m 755 ${PREFIX}/bin/
+	install -c -S -s -o root -g bin -m 755 xmem ${PREFIX}/bin/xmem
+	install -d -m 755 ${PREFIX}/man/man1/
+	install -c -o root -g bin -m 644 xmem.1 ${PREFIX}/man/man1/xmem.1
+	install -d -m 755 ${PREFIX}/lib/X11/app-defaults/
+	install -c -o root -g bin -m 644 XMem.ad ${PREFIX}/lib/X11/app-defaults/XMem
+	install -d -m 755 ${PREFIX}/share/${PROG}/
+	install -c -o root -g bin -m 644 xmem.bit ${PREFIX}/share/${PROG}/xmem.bit
+	install -c -o root -g bin -m 644 copyright ${PREFIX}/share/${PROG}/copyright
+
+