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+To build and use git-annex, you will need:
+
+* The Haskell Platform: <http://haskell.org/platform/>
+* MissingH: <http://github.com/jgoerzen/missingh/wiki>
+* uuid: <http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/>
+
+Then just [[download]] git-annex and run: `make; make install`