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 ## To Build
-```
-To build this package, do the following steps:
+Note: In addition to a toolchain and autoconf tools, this requires `autotools-archive` to be installed.
 
-    1. ./bootstrap.sh
-    2. ./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS}
-    3. make
+To build this project, run the following shell commands:
 
-To full clean the repository again run `./bootstrap.sh clean`.
 ```
+./bootstrap.sh
+./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS}
+make
+```
+
+To fully clean the repository, run:
+```
+./bootstrap.sh clean
+```
+
+## To Run Server
+Running the server requires a serial port (e.g. /dev/ttyS0):
+
+```
+touch obmc-console.conf
+./obmc-console-server --config obmc-console.conf ttyS0
+```
+
+## To Connect Client
+To connect to the server, simply run the client:
+
+```
+./obmc-console-client
+```
+
+To disconnect the client, use the standard `~.` combination.