The first time you check out the code, you need to build the code.
$ARGUS/Makefile.defs.
There's a line near the top that should say
SOURCE_ROOT=/home/grib/devel/argus
Change that to be the top level of your argus source directory (the directory $ARGUS).
$ cd kbase
$ make all
corelib and dobjects will get built automatically (there's a module dependency system).