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+More complete build documentation is available on the libarchive
+Wiki:  http://libarchive.googlecode.com/
+
+On most Unix-like systems, you should be able to install libarchive,
+bsdtar, and bsdcpio using the following common steps:
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
+If you need to customize the target directories or otherwise adjust
+the build setting, use
+    ./configure --help
+to list the configure options.
+
+If you are developing libarchive and need to update the
+configure script and other build files:
+    /bin/sh build/autogen.sh
+
+To create a distribution, please use the 'distcheck' target:
+    /bin/sh build/autogen.sh && ./configure && make distcheck
+
+On non-Unix-like systems, use the "cmake" utility (available from
+http://cmake.org/) to generate suitable build files for your platform.
+Cmake requires the name of the directory containing CmakeLists.txt and
+the "generator" to use for your build environment.  For example, to
+build with Xcode on Mac OS, you can use the following command:
+    cmake -G "Xcode" ~/libarchive-download-dir/
+The result will be appropriate makefiles, solution files, or project
+files that can be used with the corresponding development tool.
+See the libarchive Wiki or the cmake site for further documentation.
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