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+# Dear Packager,
+
+This document is a quick summary of all you need to know to package imv for
+your favourite operating system.
+
+## 1. Select backends
+
+imv supports multiple "backends" in a plugin style architecture. Each backend
+provides support for different image formats using different underlying
+libraries. The ones that are right for your operating system depend on which
+formats you need support for, and your licensing requirements.
+
+imv is published under the MIT license, but its backends may have different
+licensing requirements.
+
+You can configure the backends to use in [config.mk](config.mk). Sensible
+defaults are pre-configured to provide maximum coverage with the least overlap
+and fewest dependencies.
+
+## 2. $ make && make install
+
+Once your backends have been configured and you've confirmed the library
+each backend uses is installed, you can simply follow the Installation section
+of the [README](README.md) to build imv.
+
+## 3. Package
+
+Package the resulting binary and man pages in your operating system's native
+package format.