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+Basic instructions on how to build using CMake (CMake 2.4.5 or newer is required)
+
+  svn co http://www.openjpeg.org/svn/trunk
+  cd trunk
+  mkdir bin
+  cd bin
+  cmake .. -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON
+  make
+  ./codec/j2k_to_image