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Basic Installation
==================
-Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
-configure, build, and install this package. The following
-more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
-instructions specific to this package.
+Briefly, the shell commands './configure; make; make install' should
+configure, build, and install this package. If that fails try
+doing './autogen.sh' first and then repeat the above sequence. The
+autogen.sh script may require some autotools packages to be loaded.
+
+The following more detailed instructions are generic; see the `README'
+file for instructions specific to this package.
The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses