I think that the instruction for building upplay here [1] is less than perfect ;-)
Building upplay:
cd upplay-x.y.z
qmake
sudo make install
sudo make install executes building with sudo - I belive this is not the best way to do it.
I think this is better, but feel free to ignore my comment :-)
cd upplay-x.y.z
qmake
make
sudo make install