Lack of a README, INSTALL, or other instructions

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download .deb package
2. It's not clear what to do next
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Would be nice to have additional documentation, e.g. README, INSTALL, man
page, on-line help.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

whiteboard_0.3.4.2-0ubuntu2automated_i386.deb on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10

Please provide any additional information below.

Nominal INSTALL
1) open a terminal: Applications > Accessories > Terminal
2) sudo apt-get install libbluetooth3 libc6 libcairomm-1.0-1 libcwiid1
libgcc1 libglademm-2.4-1c2a libglib2.0-0 libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libgtk2.0-0
libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libstdc++6 libx11-6 libxtst6
3) sudo dpkg -i whiteboard_0.3.4.2-0ubuntu2automated_i386.deb 
4) dpkg -l whiteboard

Alternately:
1) System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
2) install these packages: libbluetooth3 libc6 libcairomm-1.0-1 libcwiid1
libgcc1 libglademm-2.4-1c2a libglib2.0-0 libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libgtk2.0-0
libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libstdc++6 libx11-6 libxtst6
3) in Nautilus, right-click on
whiteboard_0.3.4.2-0ubuntu2automated_i386.deb and open with GDebi Package
Installer

Nominal README:

Startup
1) Applications > Accessories > Wiimote Whiteboard
2) minimize or close instruction window to reveal Whiteboard application window

or

1) open a terminal: Applications > Accessories > Terminal
2) type "whiteboard &"
3) minimize or close instruction window to reveal Whiteboard application window

Connect
1) click "Connect" button
2) follow instructions on screen

Calibrate
1) click "Calibrate" button
2) follow instructions on screen
If you are having trouble calibrating, adjust the position of the wii
relative to your screen.  The black square with the yellow dot shows where
the wii thinks the IR device is relative to its viewing area.  If you are
still having troubles, try adjusting the right-click delay by click on
"Select" to reveal the right-click delay dialog.

Activate
1) click "Activate" button

You can now use the wii as a whiteboard.

Deactivate
1) click "Deactivate" button

Disconnect
1) click "Disconnect" button

If the whiteboard application window is closed, you can right-click on the
wii icon in the system tray.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Robert.C...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2009 at 6:25

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BTW, I would have added this to the wiki, but didn't see how to create a new 
page.

Original comment by Robert.C...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2009 at 6:33

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Thanks for the suggestions. I have added them to the wiki, which is accessible 
to
developers. Since this is a GUI application, most user won't be looking for
instructions to the GUI in the README.

There is a README in the source, but it is severely outdated, and there is no
INSTALL. I'll keep that in mind should a new release comes out. It is working
sufficiently well and no major new feature has been proposed yet.

Original comment by vanhtu1...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2009 at 12:22

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Original comment by vanhtu1...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2009 at 12:23

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