This information worked fine for SuSE 10.1.

You should NOT need to compile any dependencies from source. EVERYTHING is available as a package. The install should be trivial. Some packages you will need to install if not already installed:

You can install these packages by using YAST, except for SDCC packages for which you should use rpm (rpm -ivh package_filename). Use the latest versions of all packages you install unless otherwise noted.

Then follow instructions at BuildGuide.

SUSE Install WalkThru

Accessing the USRP as a non-root user

SuSE 10.1 uses "udev" rather than "hotplug" to automatically handle plug/unplug events for usb devices. To allow users other than root to use the USRP, follow these directions.