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+NDN-CPP-dev:  A dev version of Named Data Networking client library for C++
+===========================================================================
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+(These are prerequisites to build NDN-CPP.  To do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system, 
+ see Development Prerequisites.)
+
+Required: 
+
+* libcrypto
+* libsqlite3 
+* libcrypto++
+* boost libraries
+* OSX Security framework (on OSX platform only)
+
+Following are the detailed steps for each platform to install the prerequisites.
+
+* Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.8.4
+
+    Install Xcode.
+    In Xcode Preferences > Downloads, install "Command Line Tools".
+
+* Mac OS X 10.9
+
+    Install Xcode.  (Xcode on OS X 10.9 seems to already have the Command Line Tools.)
+
+    If using macports, dependencies can be installed using the following commands:
+
+        sudo port install boost sqlite3 libcryptopp
+
+* Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit), Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)
+
+    In a terminal, enter:
+
+        sudo apt-get install build-essential
+        sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libcrypto++-dev
+
+* Windows Cygwin
+
+    Cygwin is tested on Windows 7 64-bit with the "Devel" packages selected to install at the top level of the
+    cygwin installer.  This includes libcrypto and libsqlite3.
+
+Build
+-----
+
+(These are instructions to build NDN-CPP. To do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system, see Development.)
+
+To build in a terminal, change directory to the NDN-CPP root.  Enter:
+
+    ./waf configure
+    ./waf
+    sudo ./waf install
+
+This makes and installs the following items:
+
+* ``<LIBPATH>/libndn-cpp-dev.*``: static and dynamic NDN C++ libraries
+* ``<LIBPATH>/pkgconfig/libndn-cpp-dev.pc``: pkgconfig file storing all neccessary flags
+  to build against the library.  For example, if pkgconfig or pkgconf package is
+  installed and PKG_CONFIG_PATH is configured properly (or ``<LIBPATH>/pkgconfig`` is a
+  default path), ``pkgconfig --libs --clflags libndn-cpp-dev`` will return all necessary
+  compile and link flags for the library.
+* ``<BINPATH>/tlvdump``: a simple tool to dump contents of TLV-formatted data
+* ``<BINPATH>/ndncatchunks3``: a simplified equivalent to ndncatchunks2 in NDNx package
+* ``<BINPATH>/ndnputchunks3``: a simplified equivalent to ndnputchunks2 in NDNx package
+
+If configured with tests: ``./waf configure --with-tests``), the above commands will
+also produce:
+
+* ``build/tests/unit-tests``: A tool to run unit tests for the library
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+To make documentation, enter:
+
+    ./waf doxygen
+
+This will produce doxygen API code documentation in:
+
+* build/doc/html
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+
+(to be confirmed)
+
+NDN-CPP is tested on the following platforms:
+Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit) (gcc 4.6.3)
+Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit) (gcc 4.7.3)
+Mac OS X 10.8.4 (clang 4.2)
+Mac OS X 10.8.4 (gcc 4.2)
+
+Development Prerequisites
+-------------------------
+
+These steps are only needed to do development of NDN-CPP code and update the build system.
+First follow the Prerequisites above for your platforms.
+
+* Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.8.4, Mac OS X 10.9
+
+    Install MacPorts from http://www.macports.org/install.php
+    In a terminal, enter:
+
+        sudo port install doxygen
+
+* Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit and 32 bit), Ubuntu 13.04 (64 bit)
+
+    In a terminal, enter:
+
+        sudo apt-get install doxygen
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+Follow Development Prerequisites above for your platform.