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 # TREXIO
-TREX I/O library
 
-## Current (temporary) installation procedure:
+TREX library fo efficient I/O.
+
+## Current installation procedure from the tarball (`trexio-<version>.tar.gz`):
+
+1. `gzip -cd trexio-<version>.tar.gz | tar xvf -`
+2. `cd trexio-<version>` 
+3. `./configure`
+4. `make && sudo make install`
+5. `make check`
+
+## Current (temporary) installation procedure from the GitHub repo clone:
 
 1. `git clone https://github.com/TREX-CoE/trexio.git`
 2. `cd trexio` 
 4. `cd tools && ./build_trexio.sh && cd ..`
 5. `autoreconf`
 6. `automake --add-missing --copy`
-7. `./configure prefix=${PWD}`
-8. `make && make check`
+7. `./configure`
+8. `make && sudo make install`
+9. `make check`
+
+**Note: on systems with no `sudo` access, one can replace `./configure` with `./configure prefix=${PWD}` in order to execite `make install/uninstall` commands with `sudo` rights. This will enable the installation in the root directory of the library.**
+
+## Tutorial
+
+**TODO**
+
+## Technical documentation
+
+[Generated from TREXIO org-mode files](https://trex-coe.github.io/trexio/)
+
+### Miscellaneous
 
 Note: The code should be compliant with the C99 [CERT C coding
 standard](https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/downloads/secure-coding/assets/sei-cert-c-coding-standard-2016-v01.pdf). This can be checked with the `cppcheck` tool.