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 # cad
-Formalizing Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition related theories in mathcomp
+Formalizing Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition and related theories in mathcomp
+
+# META
+- Compatible Coq versions: Coq 8.18 to 8.20 (or dev)
+- Additional dependencies:
+	- MathComp ssreflect 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp fingroup 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp algebra 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp solvable 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp field 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp finmap 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp bigenough 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp multinomials 2.2.0 or later
+	- MathComp finmap 2.1.0 or later
+	- MathComp real-closed 2.0.1 or later
+	- MathComp classical 1.1.0 or later
+	- MathComp analysis 1.1.0 or later
+	- Hierarchy Builder 1.4.0 or later
+
+# Installation
+## With OPAM
+If you already have OPAM installed (a fresh or up to date version of opam 2 is required):
+
+```
+opam repo add coq-released https://coq.inria.fr/opam/released
+opam install coq-mathcomp-cad
+```
+
+## Manual installation
+To build and install manually, make sure the dependencies are met and do 
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/math-comp/cad.git
+cd cad
+make   # or make -j <number-of-cores-on-your-machine> 
+make install
+```