Hey!

I work in UX design, so my Linux / Unix proficiency is very basic. As part of a project at my university however I do need to compile some software used here and I'm desperately stuck. I'm using elementary OS (Ubuntu 14.04). I'll just get right into it:

• When compiling the software on one machine, I do need quite a few packages and dependencies. After the build is completed sucessfully, can I just take the generated files and use them on another machine? Same OS, same hardware - but basically just a blank OS without all the packages I needed for the build. Does it then work stand-alone or would I have to repeat the whole build process on that machine?
• When working with dependencies, I am presented with a MakeFile in which I can specify certain paths to needed third-party tools. Do I just put the path, in which the build is located (i.e. /home/toolXY/build) or would I need to make an installation of it to work?
• Speaking of it: What is the opposite of make and make install? Sometimes I don't really see a difference here.
• More specifically about my ongoing project: I got all the source files I needed from Git but now I'm presented with the following error: [BISON][pars] Building parser with bison 1.21.9-1 pars.yacc:87 parser name defined to default :"parse" pars.yacc:510: warning: type clash ('' 'ptr') on default action"

Is this something I can actually fix or would I need to contact the developer?

I do understand that those are really basic questions but I am super overwhelmed right now and can't really find anything on the web about those specific questions. Thanks in advance!