first off all you need to install the following packages:
sudo apt-get install libfreeimage-dev libfreeimage3 pkg-config build-essential libtool make automake g++ gcc cpp make automake1.9 libtool libsdl1.2-dev libdevil-dev libfreetype6-dev libgtkmm-dev libcegui* libpng12-dev libmng-dev libtiff4-dev liblcms1-dev libpng3 libjpeg62-dev libglade* libzzip-dev libxaw7-dev libopenexr-dev libopenexr6 nvidia-cg-toolkit checkinstall libcppunit-1.12-1 libcppunit-dev libcppunit-doc libxxf86vm-dev libtiff4-dev and libmng-dev libois1 libois-dev libpcre++-dev
issuing
./bootstrap ./configure make make install
in the right directory will compile the beast.