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@@ -24,3 +24,50 @@ All wrapped up in a glorious Gtk 3.0 + libappindicator interface.
 Please note: this is an early version of the application and as such it is still
 in heavy development, but the author uses it almost on a daily basis already to
 play most of her game library.
+
+## Building
+
+[![Build Status](https://drone.hedron.io/api/badges/jtgans/g13gui/status.svg)](https://drone.hedron.io/jtgans/g13gui)
+
+We have a continuous build running to make packaging, and periodically those
+artifacts are brought over as releases on the Github site. The CI is run on
+June's personal infrastructure via a gitea mirror, so releases may lag behind
+a slight bit. June promises to redouble her efforts. :D
+
+In general, though, g13gui is a python program, so no actual compilation takes
+place. All the Makefile and associated infrastructure do is assemble distro
+specific packages. If you want to skip the packaging (not recommended), it's
+entirely possible to run the program out of the source tree by doing the
+following:
+
+```
+[user@host g13gui]$ export PYTHONPATH=$PWD
+[user@host g13gui]$ bin/g13gui &
+[user@host g13gui]$ bin/g13-clock &
+[user@host g13gui]$ bin/g13-profiles &
+```
+
+Note that you will have to manually install the udev rules file in `etc/` to
+your appropriate distro-specific location.
+
+### Building a package
+
+In the major distributions, it should just be possible to run `make` to build
+a package for your specific distro. As of this writing, there is support to
+build for Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Manjaro. Patches are welcome to help improve
+availability on other platforms.
+
+#### Debian and Debian derivatives
+
+First, setup your system with build tooling:
+
+```
+lupin:~$ sudo apt-get install devscripts python3 build-essential git-buildpackage appstream dh-sequence-python3 meson
+```
+
+Now you can build the package:
+
+```
+lupin:~/src/g13gui$ make
+```
+