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+Hey, thanks for reading this first! :)
+
+*** NOTICE ****************************************************
+This is a development version of LCDproc, straight from the CVS
+repository.
+
+THIS VERSION OF LCDproc IS *NOT* GUARANTEED TO RUN, OR EVEN
+COMPILE! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
+***************************************************************
+
+With that out of the way, welcome to the bleeding edge of LCDproc.
+To build and run this version, you'll need autoconf and friends
+installed.
+
+Run:
+
+$ chmod +x ./autogen.sh
+$ ./autogen.sh
+
+This produces the configure script and supporting files, and also
+runs configure with defaults. You want to run configure again with
+your own options, trust me :) I suspect the default drivers it sets
+aren't going to match your setup.
+
+Once the above two commands have run, the rest is pretty standard:
+
+$ ./configure --help
+[read about the options, figure out what to use]
+$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-drivers=ncurses,cfontz
+[replace ncurses,cfontz with comma-separated list of drivers you want]
+$ make
+$ su
+$ make install
+[make install is OPTIONAL ... might not want to replace a stable
+version of LCDproc with a development release]
+
+Patches and suggestions are welcome! Join the mailing list to get
+started. See http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/ for more information.