Audacity in FC, anyone?

[Brian]

Does anyone know of a "short-list" means to get the Audacity application 
to compile under Fedora Core 3 or 4?
Some of us in a group here have been trying, but the results either fail 
outright, or have rather strange issues with the MP3 format. We know 
that the "libmad" modules are done separately, and that the "wxWidgets" 
modules are also required as
separately obtained modules for the link-stage. What we don't know is 
why the simple compilation of an app from a
"trusted source" (sourceforge.net) should be so problematic.

    Is there a makefile which is relatively routine for this app? The 
documention does not seem to mention any such thing,
and also does not clearly list any environment settings which are 
mandatory. Audacity is bundled with the /Mandrake/ distro, but as many 
of us know, that one is notoriously hard to "get under the hood" for 
maintenance. As far as we know, only the app itself is bundled with 
Mandrake, not any development materials.

Any constructive suggestions are welcome.

Brian Hagen