Happens on OpenBSD and Linux (similar error message): *** Installing manpages usage: tr [-cs] string1 string2 tr [-c] -d string1 tr [-c] -s string1 tr [-c] -ds string1 string2 Seems [A-Z] etc needs to be quoted, e.g., tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' There are several places like this in the Makefile.