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-INSTALL file for vlc, the VideoLAN Client
+$Id$
 
+INSTALL file for the VLC media player
 
-Building VideoLAN
+More extensive information for *nix, Windows, Mac OS X and BeOS users can be found here: 
+http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/
+
+Bootstrapping VLC
 =================
 
-A typical way to configure the vlc is :
+If you retrieved VLC from the SVN server and do not have a "configure"
+script, please refer to the HACKING file.
 
-   ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-mmx --enable-gnome
+Configuring VLC
+===============
 
-See `./configure --help' for more information.
+A typical way to configure VLC is:
 
-Then, run `make', and `make install' to install it.
+   ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-wxwindows
 
+See `./configure --help' for more information.
 
-To build a Debian package, you may use :
+If you intend to debug stuff, you may want to compile with debugging
+symbols:
 
-   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
+   make distclean ; ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-wxwindows --enable-debug
 
 
-To build RedHat packages, use :
+Building VLC
+============
 
-   rpm -ba vlc.spec
+Have a look at the generated Makefile.opts file, you may want to choose
+which modules will be compiled as plugins, and which ones will remain in
+the core application. The configure script tries to guess for you.
 
+Once configured, run `make' to build VLC.
 
-Installing and running VideoLAN
-===============================
 
-You can install the vlc and its plugins by typing :
+Installing and running VLC
+==========================
+
+You can install the VLC and its plugins by typing:
 
    make install
 
-But you don't need to do it if you don't want ; vlc can be launched
-from the current directory as well :
+But you don't need to install it if you don't want to; VLC can be launched
+from the current directory as well:
 
    ./vlc
 
+
+Building packages
+=================
+
+To build a Debian package, you may use:
+
+   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
+
+
+To build RedHat packages, use:
+
+   rpm -ba vlc.spec
+
+To build an ipkg package (iPAQ familiar Linux), use:
+
+   ipkg-buildpackage
+