Use gunzip and tar to decompress and extract the necessary binaries for your particular operating system.  When complete, you should have three files:  the server binary, server config file, and this readme. Make certain the server is chmod u+x, and that the config file is readable by the user you want to run the server as.  The server does *not* need to be run as root, unless you want to use port numbers below 1024 to serve SHOUTcast audio streams.

Configuration:

Edit the sc_serv.conf file in the text editor of your choice.  Tom would prefer you use Emacs, because it makes Justin really mad.  Justin would prefer you use vi, because he thinks Tom suffers from some vicious malaise. You’ll probably be lame and end up using Pico.

Running / Shutdown:

Under Unix, cd to the directory where you unpacked the SHOUTcast server, and type ./sc_serv to start the server.  You can start the server in the background by entering ./sc_serv &.  If you want to stop the server, send a TERM or INT signal by issuing a ctrl-C if the server is in the foreground, or a kill -TERM if the server is running in the background.