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 # ExtensionDsLab
+ExtensionDsLab is a data science and machine learning framework for analyzing 
+security and privacy related properties of the browser  extensions (and Chrome 
+Apps) offered in the [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/). 
+
+# Dependencies
+Dependencies are managed by paket, with the exception of 
+* the SQLite libraries required by the SQLProvider. For Mono, 
+  ``configure.sh`` tries to set up everything nicely using a 
+  system-wide installed ``Mono.Data.Sqlite.dll``. If this fails, 
+  please follow the steps documented at the 
+  [SQLProvider website](http://fsprojects.github.io/SQLProvider/core/sqlite.html).
+* the ``sqlite3`` binary is used for creating an empty data base used 
+  by the SQL type provider
 
 # Installation 
-```
-build.sh  // on mono (e.g., on Linux)
-build.cmd // on windows
-```
+* On Linux/MacOs using mono:
+  After cloning the repository, call 
+  ```
+  ./configure.sh  
+  ```
+  After that, the project can be build using 
+  ```
+  ./build.sh
+  ```
+* On Windows (untested), you need to set up the initial project  
+  manually:
+  ```
+  type src/resources/scholar-kpi-schema.sql | sqlite3 src/resources/scholar-kpi-schema.sqlite
+  .paket/paket.bootstrapper.exe
+  .paket/paket.exe install
+  ````
+  After that, the project can be build using 
+  ```
+  build.cmd
+  ```
 
 ## Team
 * [Achim D. Brucker](http://www.brucker.ch/)