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+# GStPipelineStudio: Draw your own GStreamer pipeline ...
+
+## Setup
+
+Install the Rust toolchain via `rustup`
+
+```sh
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+```
+
+Check https://rustup.rs for alternative installation options.
+
+### Ubuntu/Debian/etc
+
+```sh
+apt install libgtk-3-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev
+```
+
+### Fedora/RedHat/SuSE/etc
+
+```sh
+dnf install gtk3-devel gstreamer1-devel gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel
+```
+
+## Getting started
+
+```sh
+cargo run
+```