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+NLSR Installation Instructions
+==============================
+
+.. toctree::
+..
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+- `NFD`_ and its requirements:
+
+Refer to `Getting started with NFD`_ for detailed installation and running instruction.
+
+- log4cxx library
+
+ On Linux:
+
+ ::
+
+ sudo apt-get install liblog4cxx10-dev
+
+ On Mac OSx:
+
+ ::
+
+ sudo port install log4cxx
+
+- protobuf
+
+ On Linux:
+
+ ::
+
+ sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler
+
+ On Mac OSx:
+
+ ::
+
+ sudo port install protobuf-cpp
+
+Build
+-----
+
+The following commands should be used to build NLSR:
+
+::
+
+ ./waf configure
+ ./waf
+ sudo ./waf install
+
+Refer to ./waf –help for more options that can be used during the configure
+stage and how to properly configure NLSR.
+
+If your pkgconfig path is not set properly you can do following before
+running ``./waf configure``
+
+::
+
+ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
+ or
+ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/pkgconfig/in/your/machine
+
+.. _NFD: http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/
+.. _Getting started with NFD: http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/INSTALL.html