VASP 5.4.4 is often customized for specific research needs beyond the standard build: Installing VASP.5.X.X - VASP Wiki
If you do not have Intel compilers:
On a standard Linux system (Ubuntu), you might install base dependencies via: vasp 5.4.4 installation
mpirun -np 4 /path/to/vasp.5.4.4/bin/vasp_std VASP 5
This is the standard for best performance. vasp 5.4.4 installation
Extract the source code and apply any available security or performance patches:
CPP_OPTIONS = -DHOST=\"LinuxIFC\" -DMPI -DMPI_BLOCK=8000 -Duse_collective \ -DscaLAPACK -DCACHE_SIZE=4000 -Davoidalloc -DNGZhalf \ -Duse_shmem