[Short story] ./erwiz ../examples/example1.txt ~/my-first-erd.png [Long story] Open ./htmldoc/index.html in your browser for a complete documentation or just go into /bin and execute ./erwiz ../examples/example1.txt ~/my-first-erd.png This reads the text file example1.txt located in the examples directory and converts it to a png raster image. Other examples: ./erwiz ../examples/example1.txt ~/my-first-erd.jpg ./erwiz ../examples/example1.txt ~/my-first-erd.pdf ./erwiz ../examples/example1.txt ~/my-first-erd.svg To make erwiz system-wide available create a symbolic link: ln -s path/to/your/erwiz /usr/bin Be sure to use the complete absolute path to erwiz.