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 A GTK based GUI for the Messenger service of GNUnet.
 
-## (Planned) Dependencies
-
- - [gnunet](https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git/)
- - [libgnunetchat](https://git.gnunet.org/libgnunetchat.git/)
- - [gtk3](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk)
- - [libhandy](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy/)
- - [libnotify](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify)
- - [qrencode](https://github.com/fukuchi/libqrencode)
- - [zbar](https://github.com/mchehab/zbar)
+## Build & Installation
+
+The following dependencies are required and need to be installed to build the application:
+
+ - [gnunet](https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git/): For using general GNUnet datatypes
+ - [libgnunetchat](https://git.gnunet.org/libgnunetchat.git/): For chatting via GNUnet messenger
+ - [gtk3](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk): For the general UI design
+ - [libhandy](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy): For responsive UI widgets
+ - [libnotify](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify): For notifications
+ - [qrencode](https://github.com/fukuchi/libqrencode): For generating QR codes to share credentials
+ - [zbar](https://github.com/mchehab/zbar): For scanning QR codes via camera
+
+As additional step you will need to load all required git submodules via `git submodule init` and `git submodule update`. It is also possible to just add the `--recursive` flag while cloning the repository to do that automatically.
+
+Here is the list of the used submodules:
+
+ - [gnome-characters](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters): For the emoji picker
+
+Then you can simply use the provided Makefile as follows:
+
+ - `make` to just compile everything with default parameters
+ - `make clean` to cleanup build files in case you want to recompile
+ - `make debug` to compile everything with debug parameters
+ - `make release` to compile everything with build optimizations enabled
+ - `make install` to install the compiled files (you might need sudo permissions to install)