From 9d17aec75a3ce9999dedc7513e17c078561ec57b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Friedemann Zenke <fzenke@stanford.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:49:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

Adds Quick start instructions
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 README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ab67871..e2723622 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,11 +10,23 @@ to simulate recurrent spiking neural networks with spike timing dependent
 plasticity (STDP). It comes with the GPLv3 (please see COPYING).
 
 
+Quick start
+-----------
+
+To download and compile the examples try:
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install cmake git build-essential libboost-all-dev
+git clone https://github.com/fzenke/auryn.git && cd auryn 
+git checkout -b develop origin/develop
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && make
+```
+
 Documentation & Installation/Use
 --------------------------------
 
-Please visit http://www.fzenke.net/auryn/
-
+Please visit the wiki at http://www.fzenke.net/auryn/
 
 
 Requirements