The easiest way to get started using VOS is to install binary packages, if they are available for your platform.
Presently binary packages for almost all VOS applications and libraries are available for Debian GNU/Linux and and Microsoft Windows on the i386 architechture.
See http://interreality.org/software for links to the Windows binary package.
See http://interreality.org/software/debian to download Debian packages or for information on how to set up APT to download and install these packages for you automatically.
We are interested in creating binary distributions for other operating systems and architechtures. If you are interested in helping with packaging, please contact us!