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+Requirements 
+============
+
+kiro requires CMake and pkg-config for building libraries and accompanying
+tools. Information about CMake can be found at:
+
+    http://www.cmake.org
+
+and pkg-config at:
+
+        http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig
+
+kiro depends on the GObject library for object oriented programming.
+Information about this library can be found at:
+
+        http://developers.gnome.org/gobject/stable
+
+
+Building the Library
+====================
+
+On Linux, kiro uses the CMake build system and
+pkg-config for dependency detection. The normal
+procedure to build this library is to create an
+empty build directory:
+
+    $ mkdir build/ && cd build
+
+configure the project using CMake:
+
+    $ cmake ../
+
+and compiling the library with make:
+
+    $ make $ make install
+
+Options to the build process can
+be passed to the system when
+configuring:
+
+    $ cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+
+or via configuration tools like `ccmake`.