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 # htrace - a raytracer in Haskell
 
 This is a little raytracer that i write/wrote for the lecture computergraphics in the winter 14/15.
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+## Compiling
+
+```bash
+# clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/Drezil/htrace
+# init a cabal sandbox for the dependencies
+cabal sandbox init
+# download & build dependencies
+cabal install --only-dependencies
+# build the program
+cabal build
+# run
+./raytrace.sh scenes/spheres/spheres.sce
+```
+
+If the building fails with some llvm-related errer you don't seem to have LLVM installed. Either install llvm (libghc-llvm-base-dev for ubuntu) or remove the ```-fllvm```-flag from the ghc-options in the raytrace.cabal.