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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Welcome to Squashfs-tools!\n\nThis is the official Squashfs-tools repository.\n\nTo build and install the tools please read the [Documentation/4.7.5/INSTALL.md file](Documentation/4.7.5/INSTALL.md)\n\nTo find out how use the latest release please start by reading [Documentation/4.7.5/README.md](Documentation/4.7.5/README.md)\n\nThe latest **4.7.5** release may have already been packaged for your distribution, please see \"Packaging status\" below.\n\nThanks\n\n## Contents of the repository\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://repology.org/project/squashfs-tools/versions\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg src=\"https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/squashfs-tools.svg\" alt=\"Packaging status\" align=\"right\"\u003e\n\u003c/a\u003e\n\nThe top-level directory contains the following files:\n\n* **ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS** - This contains some historical acknowlegements, this file has mostly been replaced by the Github issues tracker.\n* **CHANGES** - a reverse chronological list of changes from the latest release to the earliest release.\n* **CHANGES.md** - the above file in markdown format.\n* **COPYING** - GNU general public license file.\n* **INSTALL** - where to get the INSTALL file for your version of squashfs-tools.\n* **README** - where to get the README for your version of squashfs-tools.\n* **README.md** - The file displayed here.\n* **SECURITY.md** - Where to report security issues.\n* **USAGE** - where to get the USAGE files for your version of squashfs-tools.\n\nThe top-level directory has the following directories:\n\n* **Documentation** - this directory contains documentation for various versions of squashfs-tools, and it is split into subdirectories for versions 4.5 through to 4.7.6, the latest released version is 4.7.5, and the development version will become 4.7.6.  It also has a directory containing prebuilt manpages for the latest development version of squashfs-tools.\n* **squashfs-tools** - the source code directory, enter this directory and type `make` to build, or `sudo make install` to install.  Edit the Makefile to change the compression",
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