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+If you are trying to compile YACReader, you need to donwload de source code of 7zip (Windows) or p7zip (Linux/MacOSX).
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+Please, extract it and rename the folder to lib7zip (Windows) or libp7zip (Linux/MacOSX), then copy it to $YACREADER_SRC/compressed_archive/ (this folder)
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+YACReader is compiled using 7zip/p7zip 9.20.
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