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+# README Documentation
+
+This README contains information regarding the documentation for BacterialTyper
+
+The BacterialTyper documentation is supported and deployed using Sphinx and rinohtype.
+
+Instruction and examples on how to create this documentation were obtained from:
+- https://github.com/richdayandnight/Tutorial_SimpleTeacherAPI
+- https://pythonhosted.org/an_example_pypi_project/sphinx.html#is-sweaty
+- https://medium.com/@richdayandnight/a-simple-tutorial-on-how-to-document-your-python-project-using-sphinx-and-rinohtype-177c22a15b5b
+- http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/
+- http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/quickstart.html
+- https://github.com/matplotlib/sampledoc
+
+See configuration required in `config/` folder for python, perl and system packages to be installed.
+
+- Python
+```
+sphinx
+sphinxmark
+rinohtype
+sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+```
+
+- Perl
+```
+latexmk,http://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexmk.zip
+```
+
+- System packages
+```
+sudo apt install texlive-full
+sudo apt install texmaker
+sudo apt install graphviz
+```