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We are looking forward to hacking with you!
-Installation
-============
+Dependencies:
+=============
-libjansson: MIT License, AGPL- and LGPL-Compatible, owned by Petri Lehtinen and other individuals
-libgcrypt: LGPL, owned by Free Software Foundation
-postgresql: PostgreSQL License, AGPL- and LGPL-Compatible, owned by The PostgreSQL
-Global Development Group
-libgnunetutil (in all of its variants): GPLv3+, owned by GNUnet e.V.
-libqrencode: LGPL v2.1+, Copyright Kentaro Fukuchi
+Build tools for compiling Taler merchant from source:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- gcc or clang
+- autoconf >= 2.69 (building from git)
+- automake >= 1.11.1 (building from git)
+- recutils >= 1.0 (building from git)
+- libtool >= 2.2
+- makeinfo >= 4.8
+- make[*3]
+- pkgconf or pkg-config
+- sphinx
+- sphinx-rtd-theme
+- sphinx-multiversion
-Source guide
-============
-'src/' contains the "backend", a C piece of software which implements crypto routines
+Direct dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These are the direct dependencies for running a Taler exchange:
+
+- GNU Taler exchange >= 0.14.0
+- PostgreSQL >= 15.0
+- libqrencode
+
+
+Project structure
+=================
+
+src/backend/
+ contains the "backend", a C piece of software which implements crypto routines
and communication with the 'exchange'
-'doc/' contains documentation files, like TeXinfo
+
+src/backenddb/
+ contains the database interactions (for now only PostgreSQL)
+
+src/lib/
+ contains a C API to talk to the REST API of merchant backend
+
+src/util/
+ common utility functions
+
+src/bank/
+ utility functions to talk to the Taler bank revenue API to
+ reconcile transactions
+
+src/merchant-tools/
+ contains helper programs to setup or manipulate the merchant backend
+
+src/testing/
+ contains test cases for the merchant backend
+
+doc/
+ contains documentation files, like TeXinfo
+
+contrib/
+ contains the single-page-app (Web interface) as a submodule,
+ as well as CI/CD logic.