INSTALL :
Please note, as of this writing this application is in beta stage, meaning it is working but will exhibit some missing features and some bugs here and there.
Annoyed ? Simply submit a bug report, so it can be fixed.

After having it with cryptic command lines I decided to write a small configurator Qt app, where you can adjust all settings for qdvdauthor's compilation.
> ./configure
will build configurator and start it.
NOTE: please set the DISPLAY variable correctly and ensure you can display (xhost +localhost)
NOTE2: you can also compile QDVDAuthor without GUI. You can see all available options through ./configure --help

configurator will allow you to install QDVDAuthor but you can also do this by typing
> sudo make install

Please note that you have the option to run configure without the GUI. For a list of available options type :
> configure --help

Help:
if you get this message
 ************************************************
 **       Error, could not find moc.           **
 **                                            **
 **   Please make sure your PATH environment   **
 **              is set correctly.             **
 ************************************************
please make sure you have qt-devel installed and the path to the executables is in your environment.


What else is needed ...

In order to generate the DVD-menu you need to have the mjpegtools > 1.6.2 
Note: the prior version had a bug in jpeg2yuv.
jpeg2yuv	// Part of mjpeg.sf.net
jpegtopnm	// Part of netpbm.sf.net
ppmtoy4m	// Part of mjpeg.sf.net
mpeg2enc	// Part of mjpeg.sf.net
mplex		// Part of mjpeg.sf.net

you also need the dvdauthor package > 0.6.10 
Note: this version changed the spumux button, and action tag 'label' to 'name' thus older versions will no longer work properly.
spumux		// Part of dvdauthor.sf.net
dvdauthor	// Part of dvdauthor.sf.net

In order to use QDVDAuthor you will also want to have at least one of the following media player installed on your system :
xine-libs	// version >= 1.0.0.Rc5
OR
mplayer         // version >= 1.0.0
OR 
VLC-lib         // version >= 0.8.0

One last thing there might be some additional packages be added at a later date to convert video/sound formats into the neccesary format.

Varol :)