1. Extract the Xerces source zip file
2. Run "./configure --prefix=`pwd`/awesome" (on linux prepend the following to the command: "CXXFLAGS=-fPIC CFLAGS=-fPIC")
3. Run "make", "make check", and "make install"
4. Pick up libxerces-c.a from "awesome/lib"
5. Pick up the "include" directory from "awesome"
6. Move "include/xercesc/util/Xerces_autoconf_config.hpp" to the system-specific include directory (e.g. "linux/include/xercesc/util")
