To build only binaries please in the build directory run 'cmake <path to paal root directory>' and then run 'make'.
In order to additionally build tests add '-DWITH_TESTS=1' parameter to cmake call.
Similarly to additionally build examples add '-DWITH_EXAMPLES=1' parameter to cmake call.
For more details about cmake please see:
http://www.cmake.org/

The project was tested with cmake version 2.8.9.
The minimal version of g++ is 4.8.4.
The minimal version of clang++ is 3.5.
The minimal version of  Visual Studio is 2015 preview (only binaries are guarantied to compile here)
The minimal version of boost is 1.58.

In order to build automatic documentation run doxygen in the paal root directory.
The minimal doxygen version is 1.8.3.

In order to run automatic tests run from paal root directory:

./<build directory>/test/all_small_tests
./<build directory>/test/all_long_tests