Linux systems are built on GNU utilities. Thus building on Linux is probably the easiest. Basically the steps are to unpack the sources, configure, build the libraries, and finally install the headers and binaries.

1. Unpack the sources
   tar -zxf lyric-src-release.tar.gz
   This will create a directory lyric-src-release
    
2. Enter the directory
   cd lyric-src-release
    
3. Configure the package
   ./configure
   You can get help on additional configure options (such as installation prefix) with
   ./configure --help
    
4. Build the libraries
   make
    
5. Install the header files and binaries
   make install
   If you are installing Lyric in a "system" directory such as /usr or /usr/local, you'll probably have to become the super-user before installation with
   su

The installation process will put the C++ header (include) files in

prefix/include/lyric

and the library binary files in

prefix/lib

More detailed installation instructions are found in the documentation.