Besides the tarball, you need a few external deps. For your distribution: First, install libc6:i386 for 64-bit systems. Debian: sudo apt-get install $(./convmlv.sh -K 0) Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install $(./convmlv.sh -K 1) Fedora: sudo yum install $(./convmlv.sh -K 2) Mac (Homebrew): brew install $(./convmlv.sh -K 3) For Python (make sure you're using Python 3.X): sudo python3 -m pip install $(./convmlv -Y)