SUSE 9.3 and fontforge

[Suzanne Blatt]

Hello,
I'm trying to build Lilypond 2.5 as the one that came with SUSE 9.3 doesn't 
work.  My problem is fontforge.  The 'old' fontforge that came with SUSE has 
been uninstalled, I found and downloaded the 'new' fontforge from the web 
but I cannot seem to get the compilers to find it - so my compiling results 
in an error of 'no fontforge'.   Where should I be compiling fontforge on my 
machine so it will be seen? and how do I do this?  I think it should go in 
/usr/bin but how can I get it there?
Thanks,
Suzie