st is a simple virtual terminal emulator for X which sucks less.
In order to build st you need the Xlib header files.
Edit config.mk to match your local setup (st is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).
Edit config.def.h to match your color preferences and the key bindings.
Afterwards enter the following command to build and install st (if necessary as root):
make clean install
If you did not install st with make clean install, you must compile the st terminfo entry with the following command:
tic -s st.info
See the man page for additional details.
Based on Aurélien APTEL bt source code.