To install humdrum you need to have a compiler and the alsa
development libraries installed. The following command should work on
ubuntu and debian:

  sudo apt-get install gcc g++ libasound2 libasound2-dev gawk

Download the humdrum distribution go to the following page on the github repository:

  http://github.com/genos/humdrum/

and clique on the "download" button.

Uncompact the .tar.gz file and inside the humdrum directory type the
following commands:

  make
  sudo make install

then, put the following lines in your ~/.bashrc

export PATH="/usr/local/humdrum/bin:$PATH"
export AWK_VER=gawk
export HUMDRUM=/usr/local/humdrum/
export TMPDIR=/tmp
export CON=/dev/tty