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              Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Thomas Perl <thp@perli.net>

 ==========================
 License (see COPYING file)
 ==========================

 gPodder is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 gPodder is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


 ============
 Dependencies
 ============

   * python (>= 2.3)
   * python-glade2
   * python-gtk2
   * python-xml
   * wget
 
 Additional dependencies for iPod synchronization support:

   * One of the following metadata libraries:
     - python-pymad (preferred; MAD MP3 decoder Python bindings)
     - python-eyed3 (alternative to pymad; eyeD3 Python bindings)
   * python-gpod (libgpod's Python bindings)
   * python-id3 (OPTIONAL; if you want ID3v2 cover art extraction)
   * mplayer (OPTIONAL; if you want video podcast length detection)

 Additional dependencies for "Update tags after download":
 
   * python-eyed3 (for updating MP3 files)
   * vorbis-tools (for updating OGG files)

 Additional dependencies for converting OGGs to MP3s on iPod sync:
 
   * oggdec (for decoding OGG files)
   * lame (for encoding MP3 files)

 Additional dependencies if you want direct BitTorrent download support:

   * gnome-btdownload

 Additional dependencies if you want to install from source:
 
   * help2man
   * python-dev
   * intltool
   * imagemagick

 ============
 Installation
 ============

 Extract the tar archive somewhere into your home directory and cd into 
 the directory where you extracted it, for example:

   tar xzvf gpodder-0.9.4.tar.gz
   cd gpodder-0.9.4/
   make install

 If you have any problems, please visit the gPodder website or mail the 
 gPodder mailing list (see below for more information).

 =========================================
 Feature requests, bug reports and patches
 =========================================

 Feel free to mail me about feature requests, bug reports, patches or nearly
 anything that comes to your mind relating gPodder:

   gPodder homepage:       http://gpodder.berlios.de/
   gPodder mailing list:   gpodder-devel@berlios.de
   Author's eMail:         thp@perli.net

 Have fun with gPodder!