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 This is only tested on Linux. With some trouble, it might work on Windows as well.
 
 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:
 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)
 
 To build the unit tests:
 - Install cppunit (libcppunit-dev on Ubuntu)