libarc-uri/docs/introduction.md

# Introduction

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libarc-uri is a library for parsing and manipulating Unique Resource Identifiers.

## Getting Started

libarc-uri uses the [build2][build2] build system, which is also the
only officially supported build system.

### 1. repositories.manifest

To get started, first add the libarc-uri repository to your
`repositories.manifest` file:

```
:
role: prerequisite
location: https://code.helloryan.se/arc/libarc-uri.git##HEAD
```

### 2. manifest

Then add `libarc-uri` as a dependency to your `manifest`-file:

```
depends: libarc-uri ^0.2.0-
```

### 3. buildfile

Finally, import and link your binaries with `libarc-uri`:

```
import libs =+ libarc-uri%lib{arc-uri}
```

[build2]: https://build2.org/