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+<!--
+ Copyright (C) 2013 Canonical Ltd
+ Copyright (C) 2017-2021, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+# Build and installation instructions
+
+## Compile-time build dependencies
+
+ - gettext (>= 0.18.1.1-10ubuntu3)
+ - glib-2.0 (>= 2.35.4)
+ - libayatana-common (>= 0.9.1)
+ - cmake (>= 3.13)
+ - gcovr (>= 2.4)
+ - lcov (>= 1.9)
+ - gtest (>= 1.6.0)
+ - cppcheck
+
+## Runtime DBus dependencies
+
+ - org.ayatana.indicators.webcredentials
+ - org.freedesktop.Accounts
+ - org.freedesktop.Accounts.User
+ - org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat
+ - org.freedesktop.login1.Manager
+ - org.freedesktop.login1.Seat
+ - org.freedesktop.login1.User
+ - org.gnome.ScreenSaver
+ - org.gnome.SessionManager
+ - org.gnome.SessionManager.EndSessionDialog
+
+## For end-users and packagers
+
+```
+cd ayatana-indicator-session-X.Y.Z
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo make install
+```
+
+**The install prefix defaults to `/usr`, change it with `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/path`**
+
+## For testers - unit tests only
+
+```
+cd ayatana-indicator-session-X.Y.Z
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake .. -DENABLE_TESTS=ON
+make
+make test
+make cppcheck
+```
+
+## For testers - both unit tests and code coverage
+
+```
+cd ayatana-indicator-session-X.Y.Z
+mkdir build-coverage
+cd build-coverage
+cmake .. -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON
+make
+make coverage-html
+```