calamares/README.md

### Calamares: Distribution-Independent Installer Framework
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### Dependencies

Main:
* Compiler with C++11 support: GCC >= 4.9.0 or Clang >= 3.5.1
* CMake >= 3.2
* Qt >= 5.6
* yaml-cpp >= 0.5.1
* Python >= 3.3
* Boost.Python >= 1.55.0
* extra-cmake-modules (recommended; required for some modules)

Modules:
* welcome:
  * NetworkManager
  * UPower (optional, runtime)
* partition:
  * extra-cmake-modules
  * KF5: KCoreAddons, KConfig, KI18n, KService, KWidgetsAddons
  * KPMcore >= 3.3
* bootloader:
  * systemd-boot or GRUB
* unpackfs:
  * squashfs-tools
  * rsync

### Building

See [wiki](https://github.com/calamares/calamares/wiki) for up to date
[building](https://github.com/calamares/calamares/wiki/Developer's-Guide)
and [deployment](https://github.com/calamares/calamares/wiki/Deployer's-Guide)
instructions.