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-# ggpg
-GUI application based on EasyGnuPG.
+Ggpg
+
+A GUI application based on EasyGnuPG
+
+# Requirements and Dependencies
+
+- Python 3
+- gobject-introspection
+- Gtk+ version 3 or higher. (Stable release at the time of development was 3.22.30)
+- Development is primarily Linux centric, using Python-Gtk3+ (PyGObject and Gtk3+)
+
+# Setup
+
+1. Setup on common Linux distributions
+2. Setting up a `Virtual Environemnt`
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Ubuntu / Debian
+
+```
+$ sudo apt-get install python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0
+```
+
+### Fedora
+
+```
+$ sudo dnf install pygobject3 python3-gobject gtk3
+```
+
+### Arch Linux
+
+```
+$ sudo pacman -S python-gobject gobject-introspection gtk3
+```
+
+Other distros should be similar, but feel free to send a pull request with
+updated dependencies if needed.
+Also, if you face any issues with the above setup please open an issue or feel free to send in a pull request.
+
+### Virtual Environment
+
+Setup virtual environment (Optional - recommended)
+```
+$ pip install virtualenv
+$ mkdir ggpg
+$ virtualenv venv
+$ cd ggpg
+$ source venv/bin/activate
+```
+Installations inside the virtual environment:
+```
+$ pip install pygobject
+$ pip install vext
+$ pip install vext.gi
+```
+# Running the Application
+
+Clone the git repository:
+```
+$ git clone https://github.com/EasyGnuPG/ggpg.git --branch gui-devel --single-branch
+$ cd ggpg
+$ python main.py
+```
+
+# Contributing
+
+This project is part of my Google Summer of Code project for 2018. I would appretiate any help I can get and it would be much appretiated even if you just try out the application as it is in being developed.