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+Build instructions
+==================
+
+System requirements
+-------------------
+
+To build all applications, it's required to use Qt 5.1 (or later).
+See http://qt-project.org/downloads#qt-lib for download.
+
+For the browser application and the demoUI application Qt 5.0 would be sufficient.
+The testapp application requires Qt 5.1, because the use of Qt Quick Controls.
+
+For building Qt from source, all Qt Essential modules and the Qt Declarative module are necessary
+(see http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtdoc/qtmodules.html).
+
+
+Build
+-----
+
+To build all applications at once, run
+
+  <path_to_qt_installation>/bin/make -r browser-poc.pro
+  make
+
+To build the separate applications on its own, run
+
+  cd <browser|demoui|testapp>
+  <path_to_qt_installation>/bin/qmake <browser|demoui|testapp>.project
+  make