Read can be obtained either by downloading the GZipped tarball from the Downloads section, or as a repository via the Mercurial SCM system.
GZipped Tarball File ExtractionPrior to installation, extract the files from the GZipped tarball:
tar -zxvf read-X.Y.Z.B.tar.gz
X.Y.Z.B refers to the version number of Read being installed. The files will extract to a folder named
read-X.Y.
MercurialTo download the Read repository, clone it:
hg clone https://hg01.codeplex.com/readfile
cd readfile