[Staffslug] Audacity - libmp3lame.so

Hi guys, I need the above file so I can create some mp3s from a few recordings made with audacity. But of course nothing is ever simple in Linux so I had to download the source code (because there is no compiled version available) which I now have absolutely no idea as to how to turn into a compiled, or whatever, *.so file. The instructions make no sense to me either. I need help to compile the source code or, even better, if one of you has a copy of 'libmp3lame.so' please send it to me if you think it will work on my Suse 10.3 system. Many thanks and merry Christmas. Walter