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 This is only tested on Linux. With some trouble, it might work on Windows as well.
 
+The build process uses scons, a build tool written in python. You'll
+need to have python installed, but scons installation is optional: a
+runtime copy of scons (called scons-local) is included with zxing. To
+use the included copy of scons-local, where the instructons says enter
+"scons", enter "python scons/scons.py" instead. For example, to build
+the library only, you'd use "python scons/scons.py lib" instead of
+"scons lib".
+
 To build the library only:
-- Install scons
-- Run "scons lib" in this folder (cpp).
+- Run "scons lib" in this folder (cpp)
 
 To build the unit tests:
 - Install cppunit (libcppunit-dev on Ubuntu)