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 Currently, a subset of the [arch wiki page on XDG_BASE_DIR](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory) is implemented as configurations.
 
 
 Currently, a subset of the [arch wiki page on XDG_BASE_DIR](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory) is implemented as configurations.
 

+## Running
+
+Clone the repository somewhere, then run the _./xdg-ninja.sh_ script.
+
+This will run every test in the default configuration.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- [bash](https://repology.org/project/bash/packages), obviously
+- [jq](https://repology.org/project/jq/packages) for parsing the json files
+
+### Optional
+
+- [glow](https://repology.org/project/glow/packages) for rendering markdown in the terminal
+- [cabal](https://repology.org/project/cabal/packages) for compiling the helper program for creating configurations
+

 ## Configuration
 
 The configuration is done in the _programs/_ directory.
 ## Configuration
 
 The configuration is done in the _programs/_ directory.


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 ### Automatically Generating Configuration
 
 
 ### Automatically Generating Configuration
 

-You need _haskell_ and _cabal_ installed.
+You need _haskell_ and _cabal_ installed. (To be clear, this is just for a tool that will help you automatically generate the config files, you still only need bash to run the tests)

 
 Run the following command:
 ```bash
 
 Run the following command:
 ```bash