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+# Ubuntu Smoother
+This utility is meant to be used in [Ubuntu Vanilla GNOME](https://github.com/mirkobrombin/ubuntu-vanilla-gnome) 
+as a first-setup wizard. It's purpose is to help the user to configure the 
+system to his needs, e.g. by configuring snap, flatpak, flathub, etc.
+
+
+## Build
+### Dependencies
+- build-essential
+- meson
+- libadwaita-1-dev
+- gettext
+- desktop-file-utils
+
+### Build
+```bash
+meson build
+ninja -C build
+```
+
+### Install
+```bash
+sudo ninja -C build install
+```
+
+## Run
+```bash
+ubuntu-smoother
+```
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