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+Basic instructions for BSD
+--------------------------
+
+Prerequisites for compiling the wrapper can be installed with:
+	pkg_add -r apache-ant gmake openjdk6
+
+One the prereqs are installed, cd into the wrapper source and run
+
+For 32bit:
+	ant -Dbits=32 compile-c-unix
+
+For 64bit:
+	ant -Dbits=64 compile-c-unix
+
+Omit "compile-c-unix" from the command-lines if you want to compile
+wrapper.jar too.
+
+Then strip the binaries:
+	strip --stip-unneeded bin/wrapper lib/libwrapper.so
+
+...and turn off the executable bit:
+	chmod 644 bin/wrapper lib/libwrapper.so
+
+Don't forget to rename the binary "wrapper" to "i2psvc".