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+# openbabel gem
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+GEM for [OpenBabel](http://openbabel.sf.net), a chemical library by Noel O'Boyle and others.
+
+openbabel gem has been tested with ruby 1.9. It only compiles on POSIX systems and requires:
+
+  * cmake
+  * curl
+  * tar, sed, make (those should be present anyway)
+
+## Install
+gem install openbabel
+
+It downloads the sources, compiles the ruby bindings and installs them. Check out [http://cs.maunz.de](http://cs.maunz.de) for more information.