Follow the following steps to build the homesite:

1. Install Subversion.

2. Install Web Meta Language (version 2.0.11 or later). You should have
a package for it in your system.

3. Install perl 5.8.x in case it's not already installed. 

4. Run and configure CPAN (see - http://sial.org/howto/perl/life-with-cpan/) 
and type:

    $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Task::Sites::ShlomiFish'

Or if you have CPANPLUS installed:

    $ perl -MCPANPLUS -e 'install Task::Sites::ShlomiFish'

5. Install Latemp:

    $ svn co http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/web-cpan/latemp/trunk/
    $ cd trunk/installer
    $ scons PREFIX="$HOME/apps/latemp/" install
    $ cd ../support-headers
    $ perl install.pl

6. Add Latemp to the beginning of your path:

    $ PATH="$HOME/apps/latemp/bin:$PATH"

7. 
    $ svn co http://opensvn.csie.org/shlomif/wml-affiliations/trunk/wml/
    $ cd trunk/wml
    $ bash Install.bash

8.
    $ svn co http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/thewml/extended-apis/trunk/
    $ cd trunk/xhtml/1.x/
    $ bash Install.bash

9. Do the following to build the site, after all dependencies were installed:

    $ svn co http://opensvn.csie.org/shlomif/homepage/trunk/
    $ ./gen-helpers.pl
    $ (cd t2/humour/fortunes/ && make)
    $ make