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-This is an application which allows the configuration of Raspberry Pi system settings..
-
-To build, run autogen.sh, then ./configure and make.
-Use sudo make install to install data files.
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+# rc_gui
+
+GUI for configuring Raspberry Pi settings.
+(Including Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC/Mac).
+
+Uses the command-line equivalent, [`raspi-config`](https://github.com/RPi-Distro/raspi-config), internally for some operations.
+
+## Building
+
+Install pre-requisites:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install autoconf libglib2.0-dev autogen libtool intltool libgtk2.0-dev
+```
+
+Configure and build:
+
+```bash
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make
+```
+
+Install data files:
+
+```bash
+sudo make install
+```