by Mathieu Desnoyers
-TODO
+
+Building
+--------
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+This source tree is based on the Autotools suite from GNU to simplify
+portability. Here are some things you should have on your system in order to
+compile the Git repository tree:
+
+ - [GNU Autotools](http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
+ (**Automake >= 1.12**, **Autoconf >= 2.69**,
+ **Autoheader >= 2.69**;
+ make sure your system-wide `automake` points to a recent version!)
+
+### Building steps
+
+If you get the tree from the Git repository, you will need to run
+
+ ./bootstrap
+
+in its root. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the tree
+configuration.
+
+To build and install, do:
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ sudo make install
+
+### Usage
+
+Make sure lttng-tools, lttng-ust, and lttng-modules are installed on
+your system. Make sure your user is part of the `tracing` group.
+
+As root, launch the LTTng session daemon:
+
+ lttng-sessiond -d
+
+As user, run:
+
+ lttng-trace COMMAND
+
+Where COMMAND is the command you want to trace. Follow the instructions
+on standard error.
+
+For detailed help, run:
+
+ lttng-trace --help