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 # videodownloader
 A video downloader with Qt GUI (currently only YouTube is maintained).
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+## Build instructions
+The video downloader depends on c++utilities and qtutilities. Is built in the same way as these libaries.
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+The following Qt 5 modules are requried: core gui network