pvbrowser runs on Linux/Unix/Windows and Mac OS X. Additionally pvserver can also run on OpenVMS.
The sources of pvbrowser are available in http://pvbrowser.de/pvbrowser/tar/pvb.tar.gz . Please download this archive if you want to compile yourself.
Additionally there are binary packages for Windows and OS-X on our homepage. Binary packages for most Linux distributions are available in the openSUSE buildservice. There is a link to the buildservice in the download area of our homepage.
Also there is the package http://pvbrowser.de/pvbrowser/tar/pvbaddon.tar.gz within which you can find some demos and templates for pvbrowser. Especially there are examples for data acquisitions using diverse protocols.