There are a set a pre-built packages for libopenraw if it is not in your distribution.

SuSE

Packages for various SUSE versions (i386 and x86_64) are available in the openSUSE build service.

• SUSE Linux 10.1
• SLED 10
• openSUSE 10.2
• openSUSE 10.3
• SUSE Factory

Ubuntu

Package for Ubuntu Feisty and Ubuntu Gutsy (i386 and amd64 only) are in the PPA. See https://launchpad.net/%7Ehub/+archive for the source to add to apt.