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+usb4java - USB library for Java based on libusb-0.1.x
+Copyright (C) 2011 Klaus Reimer <k@ailis.de>
+See LICENSE.txt for licensing information.
+==============================================================================
+
+The library is splitted into two modules. The first module is a shared library
+which wraps libusb. The second module is the Java library which uses the shared
+library to access USB.
+
+
+Shared library
+==============
+
+The shared library is written in C and can (hopefully) be compiled on all
+operating systems which are supported by autotools. If you have downloaded
+usb4java via the Source Code Repository then the autotools files of the shared
+library must first be generated:
+
+  $ cd libusb4java
+  $ make -f Makefile.scm
+  
+This step is not necessary if you downloaded the source archive of libusb4java
+from the website.
+
+To compile libusb4java you need to have a correctly set JAVA_HOME environment
+variable and you must have the libusb development files installed.
+On Debian systems this can be done with "apt-get install libusb-dev".
+
+The compile the source you simply do this:
+
+  $ ./configure
+  $ make
+  $ sudo make install
+  
+
+Java library
+============
+
+To compile the Java library you need Maven (http://maven.apache.org/). If you
+are using Maven for your own project then you might just want to run 
+"mvn install" to install the usb4java into your local Maven repository. If
+you are not using Maven and you just want to package the usb4java.jar then
+run "mvn package" instead. You'll find the generated JAR file in
+usb4java/target. 
+
+
+Binary distributions
+====================
+
+If you don't want to compile anything yourself then visit the usb4java
+website (http://www.ailis.de/~k/projects/usb4java/). The JAR file can be
+downloaded from there and maybe you even find a compiled shared library for
+your operating system there.
+
+
+Feedback, questions and bug reports
+===================================
+
+If you found a bug or if you have a question or you just want to give some
+feedback then please contact me at k@ailis.de