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 * $Id: README,v 1.3 2004/12/16 17:52:52 thamer Exp $
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 * Description:
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 *  This README file is intended to be give a glimpse of what the
 *  Islamic Tools Library (ITL) project is all about.
 *
 *  For INSTALL details note the 'Basic Instructions' section below.
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 * Revision Details:    (Updated by Revision Control System)
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 *  $Date: 2004/12/16 17:52:52 $
 *  $Author: thamer $
 *  $Revision: 1.3 $
 *  $Source$
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The ITL library is a collaborative effort of various Islamic
organizations and Arabeyes.org.  The Islamic Tools Library is a
project to provide a comprehensive library support for many common
Islamic routines.

ITL is currently composed of two library-modules, (see the
corresponding README file in each module directory for more details.)

  + prayertime  : Geographically-aware prayer time and Qibla calculation routines.
  + hijri       : Hijri date generation/calculation and conversion routines.


The project's homepage is,

  http://www.arabeyes.org/project.php?proj=ITL

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Basic Instructions:
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+ Download the package to you local machine

+ If you are grabbing the source from CVS,
  - run './autogen.sh'

+ To configure and compile the package,
  - run './configure'
  - run 'make'

+ To install post a succesful compilation,
  - run 'make install'

NOTE: You may build and install individual components
      by themselves by appending "-components" to the
      above targets (ie. install-components, etc...).


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Support/Suggestions:
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The project is always in need of volunteers, so if you think
you have a better implementation and/or would like to augment
the library with an addition of your own, ,mail your ideas,
comments and suggestions to 'developer -at- arabeyes .org'

Salam and have fun!
