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@@ -4,5 +4,23 @@ A simple webservice that displays an editor for dpic- and dot-input and shows
 the SVG-output or error messages below it.  Allows for sharing of links to the
 input.
 
-You must install dpic from https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/dpic and graphviz
-first before you can use playdot.
+You must first install 
+    - dpic from https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/dpic and 
+    - graphviz from https://graphviz.org
+
+before you can use playdot properly.
+
+## Install
+
+	% go get github.com/oec/playdot
+	% cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/oec/playdot
+	% go build
+
+To run the server on port 9999 without TLS:
+
+	% ./playdot -l :9999
+	2017/11/22 18:13:13 handler for /dot/ registered
+	2017/11/22 18:13:13 handler for /dpic/ registered
+	2017/11/22 18:13:13 listening non-tls on :9999
+
+See `./playdot -h` for further options.