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+Open Media Library
+==================
+
+Install
+-------
+
+ soon
+
+Networking
+----------
+
+At this time you need a working IPv6 connection to use Open Media Libary.
+If you dont have native IPv6 you can use Teredo/Miredo (apt-get install miredo)
+or get a tunnel Hurricane Electric (https://tunnelbroker.net/)
+or SixSS (https://sixxs.net).
+
+Platform
+----------
+
+If you install Open Media Library on a architecture thats not directly supported,
+you need a working python 2.7.x installation and the following packages:
+
+ apt-get install \
+    python-pypdf python-stdnum python-html5lib python-chardet python-openssl \
+    python-simplejson python-lxml
+ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+On Linux you need to always install:
+
+ apt-get install \
+    python-imaging  python-lxml ghostscript
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+    mkdir client
+    cd client
+    git clone https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary.git
+    git clone https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform.git platform
+    ln -s openmedialibrary/ctl ctl
+    ./ctl update_static
+    ./ctl db upgrade
+    ./ctl setup
+
+    # and start it
+    ./ctl debug