+=== Getting and compiling libam7xxx
+
+libam7xxx depends on 'libusb-1.0' and optionally on 'libav' or 'ffmpeg' for
+its example programs, the build system used is 'cmake'.
+
+On a Debian based system, the dependencies can be installed with this command:
+
+ $ sudo aptitude install cmake \
+ libusb-1.0-0-dev \
+ libavformat-dev \
+ libavcodec-dev \
+ libavdevice-dev \
+ libswscale-dev
+
+The library and the example programs can be compiled following these steps:
+
+ $ git clone git://git.ao2.it/libam7xxx.git
+ $ cd libam7xxx
+ $ mkdir build
+ $ cd build
+ $ cmake ../
+ $ make
+
+After that the example programs can be found in the +bin/+ subdirectory.
+