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+# R package mtt
+
+This package was created to process log files obtained from
+Multi-Touch-Tables at the IWM.
+
+## Installation
+
+It can be installed via
+
+`devtools::install_git("https://gitea.iwm-tuebingen.de/R/mtt.git")`
+
+If you get an error message, you probably need to install `git2r`first with
+
+`install.packages("git2r")`.
+
+The package depends on the following R packages
+
+* `dplyr`
+* `pbapply`
+* `XML`
+* `lubridate`
+
+so make sure they are installed as well.
+