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+# KF5 PulseAudio Qt Bindings - libpulse bindings for Qt
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+PulseaudioQt allows programs using the Qt library to control volume and react to changes on systems which use PulseAudio.
+
+If you are reading this on GitHub, you should know that this repository is a mirror of the official KDE repository found [here](https://cgit.kde.org/pulseaudio-qt.git/)
+
+## Building
+This is a cmake project, so you should be able to simply run `cmake` (with the proper command-line flags for your system setup), then `make`, then `make install` if desired.
+
+## Contributing
+Contributions to this project are welcome!
+
+Bugs are tracked on the [KDE bug tracker](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=pulseaudio-qt)
+
+Patches can be submitted on Phabricator using the `arc` command-line tool. Documentation and setup instrctions can be found [here](https://community.kde.org/Infrastructure/Phabricator#Using_Arcanist_to_post_patches)