To install subunit
------------------

Bootstrap::
  autoreconf -vi
Configure::
  ./configure
Install::
  make install

Dependencies
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* Python for the filters
* 'testtools' (On Debian and Ubuntu systems the 'python-testtools' package,
  the testtools package on pypi, or https://launchpad.net/testtools) for
  the extended test API which permits attachments. Version 0.9.8 or newer is 
  required. Of particular note, http://testtools.python-hosting.com/ is not
  the testtools you want.
* A C compiler for the C bindings
* Perl for the Perl tools (including subunit-diff)
* Check to run the subunit test suite.
* python-gtk2 if you wish to use subunit2gtk
* python-junitxml if you wish to use subunit2junitxml
* pkg-config for configure detection of supporting libraries.

Binary packages
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A number of distributions now include subunit, you can try via your package
manager. The authors maintain a personal package archive on Launchpad::
  https://launchpad.net/~testing-cabal/+archive/archive