README

Welcome to bulk_extractor!

To build bulk_extractor in Linux or OS X,

1. Make sure required packages have been installed.
   ** You can do this by going into the etc/ directory and looking for a script that 
   ** installs the necessary packages for your platform.

2. Then run these commands:
   ./configure
   make
   make install

For detailed instructions on installing packages and building bulk_extractor, read the wiki page here:
https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/wiki/Installing-bulk_extractor

To download the Windows installer and/or other releases of bulk_extractor, visit the downloads page here:
http://digitalcorpora.org/downloads/bulk_extractor

For more information on bulk_extractor, visit: http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Bulk_extractor