The install.sh script for aio-stress doesn't work on the my Ubuntu 12.04 system. The following diff (included inline because I cannot supply attachments) fixes the issue:
(I could not find a source repository for the files openbenchmarks.org or I would submit a proper patch/pull request)
Code:
--- install.sh 2013-01-01 17:48:08.056756122 -0500 +++ install.sh.orig 2013-01-01 17:45:27.140758600 -0500 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/bin/sh -cc -Wall -o aio-stress-bin aio-stress.c -laio -lpthread +cc -Wall -laio -lpthread -o aio-stress-bin aio-stress.c echo $? > ~/install-exit-status # add support for allowing aio-test-file to be on removable media devices