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+= TrinityCore -- Linux installation =
+Copyright (C) 2008-2010 TrinityCore (http://www.trinitycore.org)
+
+CHECK http://www.trinitycore.info/w/Linux_Build_HOWTO FOR FURTHER HELP
+
+Installing TrinityCore is fairly simple on a Linux machine, assuming you 
+have all required applications
+
+The most important ones are:
+
+	g++
+    gcc
+    make
+    cmake version 2.6.x or greater
+    libmysql++-dev
+    subversion (for checking out Trinity Database)
+    mercurial (for checking out the core)
+    openssl
+    libssl-dev
+    zlib1g-dev
+    libtool
+    libmysqlclient15-dev
+    patch
+    build-essential
+    mysql-client
+    
+Most of these are included on common Linux distros, others you may have 
+to install by your self. Please check your distro's repos.
+
+Make a directory to build in, you can call it anything you want like 
+build or bin etc, then go into the directory and cmake and make. E.G. 
+you created a dir named build ad want to have your finalcompiled product 
+installed in /home/trinity/server, an example sequence of commands can 
+be :
+
+    cmake ../ -DPREFIX=/home/trinity/server
+    make
+    make install
+    
+Thats just about all thats needed. You can however tweak more settings 
+than where to install using flags built into our cmake files. Just open 
+up CMakeLists.txt in the main folder and take a look at some of the 
+flags like
+
+    SCRIPTS --enable or disable trinity script (enabled or disabled by a 1 or 0, enabled by default)
+    DEBUG --enable debugging (enabled or disabled by a 1 or 0)
+    CLI --enable command line support (enabled or disabled by a 1 or 0, enabled by default)
+    PREFIX --prefix directory for install (see example for use)
+    CONF_DIR --location for your trinity config files
+    CMAKE_C_FLAGS --advanced users only
+    CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS --advanced users only
+
+
+Of course, replace the paths in prefix, conf_dir with the directories 
+you wish to install TrinityCore to. The datadir is where maps, DBCs, and 
+SQLs are stored. The sysconfdir is where configuration files are stored.
+
+Once TrinityCore is installed you will need to apply database updates 
+where necessary. Furthermore, you must configure your installation by 
+editing the config files in the sysconfdir.