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Attributes GH PR #12: https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-application/pull/12

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+# Build and installation instructions
+
+## Compile-time build dependencies
+
+ - cmake (>= 3.13)
+ - cmake-extras
+ - glib-2.0 (>= 2.58)
+ - ayatana-indicator3-0.4 (>= 0.6.2)
+ - gtk+-3.0 (>= 3.24)
+ - ayatana-appindicator3-0.1 (>= 0.5.5)
+ - dbus-glib-1 (>=0.110)
+ - dbusmenu-gtk3-0.4
+ - systemd
+ - intltool
+ - gtest (>= 1.6.0)
+ - gmock
+ - gcovr (>= 2.4)
+ - lcov (>= 1.9)
+
+## For end-users and packagers
+
+```
+cd ayatana-indicator-application-X.Y.Z
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo make install
+```
+## For testers - unit tests only
+
+```
+cd ayatana-indicator-application-X.Y.Z
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake .. -DENABLE_TESTS=ON
+make
+make test
+```
+## For testers - both unit tests and code coverage
+
+```
+cd ayatana-indicator-application-X.Y.Z
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake .. -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON
+make
+make test
+make coverage-html
+```
+**The install prefix defaults to `/usr`, change it with `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/path`**