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@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ This is the Inform compiler. It has been modified slightly to work
 better when the Inform standard library is in a non-standard
 location and to make it compatible with the GNU FSDG.
 
-Compiling Inform is very easy. Install GCC and then:
+Compiling Inform is very easy. Install GCC and GNU Autoconf and then 
+run: autoreconf --install
 
-gcc src/*.c -o inform
+After that it's the usual dance of:
+./configure
+make
+make install
+
+Run ./configure --help to see a list of available options.
 
 Inform 6 is published under the original Inform licence (which is
 proprietary), or under the Artistic License 2.0, at the user's choice.