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+Install Instructions
+====================
+
+Linux
+---------
+
+First, install the build dependencies ::
+
+    bash apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake libconfig-dev ncurses-dev cmake checkinstall
+
+.. note :: ``libconfig-dev`` should be >= 1.4.
+
+
+Then you'll need a recent version of `libsodium <https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium>`_ ::
+
+    git clone git://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git 
+    cd libsodium 
+    git checkout tags/0.4.2 
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure && make check
+    sudo checkinstall --install --pkgname libsodium --pkgversion 0.4.2 --nodoc
+    sudo ldconfig``
+
+Finally, fetch the Tox source code and run cmake ::
+    
+    git clone git://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core.git
+    cd ProjectTox-Core && mkdir build && cd build
+    cmake ..
+
+Then you can build any of the files in `/testing`_ and `/other`_ that are currently
+supported on your platform by running ::
+
+    make name_of_c_file
+
+For example, to build `Messenger_test.c`_ you would run ::
+
+    make Messenger_test
+
+
+Or you could just build everything that is supported on your platform by
+running :: 
+    bash make
+
+OS X
+------
+
+Homebrew
+~~~~~~~~~~
+::
+
+    brew install libtool automake autoconf libconfig libsodium cmake 
+    cmake . 
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+Non-homebrew
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Much the same as Linux, remember to install the latest XCode and the
+developer tools (Preferences -> Downloads -> Command Line Tools). Users
+running Mountain Lion and the latest version of XCode (4.6.3) will also
+need to install libtool, automake and autoconf. They are easy enough to
+install, grab them from http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/,
+http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ and
+http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/, then follow these steps for each:
+
+::
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+Do not install them from macports (or any dependencies for that matter)
+as they get shoved in the wrong directory and make your life more
+annoying.
+
+Another thing you may want to install is the latest gcc, this caused me
+a few problems as XCode from 4.3 no longer includes gcc and instead uses
+LLVM-GCC, a nice install guide can be found at
+http://caiustheory.com/install-gcc-421-apple-build-56663-with-xcode-42
+
+Windows
+---------
+
+You should install: 
+
+* `MinGW <http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/>`_'s C compiler 
+* `CMake <http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html>`_
+
+You have to `modify your PATH environment
+variable <http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm>`_ so that it
+contains MinGW's bin folder path. With default settings, the bin folder
+is located at ``C:\MinGW\bin``, which means that you would have to
+append ``;C:\MinGW\bin`` to the PATH variable.
+
+Then you should either clone this repo by using git, or just download a
+`zip of current Master
+branch <https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/archive/master.zip>`_
+and extract it somewhere.
+
+After that you should get precompiled package of libsodium from
+`here <https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-win32-0.4.2.tar.gz>`_
+and extract the archive into this repo's root. That is, ``sodium``
+folder should be along with ``core``, ``testing`` and other folders.
+
+Navigate in ``cmd`` to this repo and run::
+
+    mkdir build && cd build 
+    cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" ..
+
+Then you can build any of the `/testing`_ and `/other`_ that are currently
+supported on your platform by running::
+
+    mingw32-make name_of_c_file
+    
+For example, to build `Messenger_test.c`_ you would run::
+
+    mingw32-make Messenger_test``
+
+Or you could just build everything that is supported on your platform by
+running::
+
+    mingw32-make
+
+
+.. _/testing: https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/tree/master/testing
+.. _/other: https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/tree/master/other
+
+.. _Messenger_test.c: https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/tree/master/other/Messanger_test.c