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 # mangareader
 
+## How to compile
+
+Simply run `make` in the cloned directory and install the missing dev dependencies in your system if any.
+
+Usually the packages you need end in -dev or -devel.
+
+This is likely to change in the future to use the `meson` build system.
+
+## How to run
+
+Run `./main` in the cloned directory.
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