How to build ipxelinux.0

[balanga]

I've tried to follow the instructions here https://coderwall.com/p/0sq9gg/how-to-build-ipxelinux-0 for building ipxelinux.0 but keep getting failures at every stage.

Is there a recommended Linux distribution where I can run

git clone git://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git

cd syslinux
make


and avoid getting constant missing headers and suchlike?

Ideally I 'd like to run this on FreeBSD but it looks as though the makefiles aren't compatible with FreeBSD's build system.