diff --git a/dwarf-compilation.base/contrib/Makefile b/dwarf-compilation.base/contrib/Makefile
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+LOCAL=$(PWD)/local
+ENV=LD_RUN_PATH=$(LOCAL)/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LOCAL)/lib CPATH=$(LOCAL)/include
+
+all: libdwarf libcxxfileno libsrk31cxx libdwarfpp
+
+.PHONY: local
+local:
+	mkdir -p $(LOCAL)/include $(LOCAL)/lib/pkgconfig
+
+.PHONY: libdwarf libcxxfileno libsrk31cxx libdwarfpp
+
+libdwarf: local
+	cd $@ && $(ENV) ./configure --prefix=$(LOCAL) --enable-shared
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@
+	cp $@/libdwarf/libdwarf.a $@/libdwarf/libdwarf.so $(LOCAL)/lib
+	cp $@/libdwarf/libdwarf.h $@/libdwarf/dwarf.h $(LOCAL)/include
+
+libcxxfileno: local
+	cd $@ && libtoolize && autoreconf -i && $(ENV) ./configure --prefix=$(LOCAL)
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@ install
+
+libsrk31cxx: local libcxxfileno
+	cd $@ && libtoolize && autoreconf -i && ./configure --prefix=$(LOCAL)
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@ install
+
+libdwarfpp: local libdwarf libsrk31cxx libcxxfileno
+	cd $@ && autoreconf -i
+	cd $@ && \
+		LIBCXXFILENO_CXXFLAGS=" " \
+		LIBSRK31CXX_CXXFLAGS=" " \
+		LIBCXXFILENO_LIBS="-lc++fileno" \
+		LIBSRK31CXX_LIBS="-lsrk31c++" \
+		$(ENV) \
+		./configure --prefix=$(LOCAL) \
+			--with-libdwarf-includes="$(LOCAL)/include" \
+			--with-libdwarf-libs="$(LOCAL)/lib"
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@
+	$(ENV) $(MAKE) -C $@ install
diff --git a/dwarf-compilation.base/contrib/README.md b/dwarf-compilation.base/contrib/README.md
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+++ b/dwarf-compilation.base/contrib/README.md
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+The files in this directory are the dependencies needed for this project.
+Credit goes to their original authors of the projects listed here.