Hi thanks so much for the reply;

In the future, reply with "reply to all".

I have no idea how to ask this any other way, and I'm really not sure
why I would need to :)
VERY Simply..... HOW or WHERE do I run this utility?
There is no line that says; do "this" to get the program to run
that (to me) would be the main requirement of any operating
instructions. The rest of the page is ONLY helpful if the program is
running

frankly we must be on different wavelengths (no offence).... as I HAVE
read, and tried every thing in all the pages you reference, but NOTHING
HAPPENS after the loading part. So am I missing something?
(sudo aptitude install flashrom -in terminal) said it was sucsessful but
then what?

I have a folder on my desktop with the flashrom C source code files in
it as well as text files showing all the information on the webpages
this clearly ISNT a executable so how do I get it to run in Umbuntu 10.4

Please read the online documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware

rute is great too: http://linux.2038bug.com/rute-home.html

here are the answers from your suggestions

$ flashrom --help $: command not found

media-desktop:~$ make DESTDIR=/usr install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.

If I'm not supplying you with the information needed to assist you in
helping me please ask me directly.

Again Thanks
Cam