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+
+In order to build ocaml-http you will need:
+
+ - the ocaml compiler (>= 3.06)
+ [ http://caml.inria.fr ]
+
+ - findlib (>= 0.8)
+ [ http://www.ocaml-programming.de/packages/documentation/findlib/ ]
+
+ - ocamlnet (>= 0.94)
+ [ http://sourceforge.net/projects/ocamlnet ]
+
+ - pcre-ocaml (>= 4.28.2)
+ [ http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~markus/home/ocaml_sources.html ]
+
+To build the bytecode library:
+
+ $ make all
+
+To build the nativecode library (only if you have an ocaml native code
+compiler):
+
+ $ make opt
+
+To install the built stuff in the OCaml standard library directory (as root):
+
+ # make install
+
+To install the built stuff in another directory:
+
+ $ make install DESTDIR=another_directory
+
+To build a debian package of the library (please note that to build a debian
+package you will also need some additional stuff like debhelper, fakeroot, ...):
+
+ $ fakeroot debian/rules binary
+