diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+# Configuration options.
+cc         = not-set
+cxx        = not-set
+prefix     = not-set
+shared     = not-set
+assert     = not-set
+verbose    = not-set
+doc        = not-set
+latex      = not-set
+build      = not-set
+
+# Basically proxies everything to the builddir cmake.
+
+cputype = $(shell uname -m | sed "s/\\ /_/g")
+systype = $(shell uname -s)
+
+BUILDDIR = build/$(systype)-$(cputype)
+
+# Process configuration options.
+CONFIG_FLAGS = -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=0
+ifneq ($(assert), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DNDEGUB=$(assert)
+endif
+ifneq ($(prefix), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(prefix)
+endif
+ifneq ($(shared), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DAKANTU_SHARED=$(shared)
+endif
+ifneq ($(verbose), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DAKANTU_VERBOSE=$(verbose)
+endif
+ifneq ($(cxx), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(cxx)
+endif
+ifneq ($(cc), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(cc)
+endif
+ifneq ($(doc), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DDOCUMENTATION=$(doc)
+endif
+ifneq ($(latex), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DLaTeX=$(latex)
+endif
+ifneq ($(build), not-set)
+    CONFIG_FLAGS += -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(build)
+endif
+
+
+define run-config
+mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)
+cd $(BUILDDIR) && cmake $(CURDIR) $(CONFIG_FLAGS)
+endef
+
+all clean install doc check examples package package_source depend edit_cache install/local install/strip list_install_components rebuild_cache a.out:
+	@if [ ! -f $(BUILDDIR)/Makefile ]; then \
+		more README; \
+	else \
+	  	make -C $(BUILDDIR) $@ $(MAKEFLAGS); \
+	fi
+
+test:
+	@if [ ! -f $(BUILDDIR)/Makefile ]; then \
+		more README; \
+	else \
+	  	make -C $(BUILDDIR) check $(MAKEFLAGS); \
+	fi
+
+uninstall:
+	xargs rm < $(BUILDDIR)/install_manifest.txt
+
+config: distclean
+	$(run-config)
+
+distclean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
+
+remake:
+	find . -name CMakeLists.txt -exec touch {} ';'
+
+
+.PHONY: config distclean all clean install uninstall remake dist doc check examples package package_source depend edit_cache install/local install/strip list_install_components rebuild_cache a.out test
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diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
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+===========================================
+          _               _
+         | |             | |
+     __ _| | ____ _ _ __ | |_ _   _
+    / _` | |/ / _` | '_ \| __| | | |
+   | (_| |   < (_| | | | | |_| |_| |
+    \__,_|_|\_\__,_|_| |_|\__|\__,_|
+===========================================
+
+Copyright (©) 2010-2012 EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
+Laboratory (LSMS - Laboratoire de Simulation en Mécanique des Solides)
+
+Akantu is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+Akantu is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with Akantu. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+_____________
+CONFIGURATION
+
+To configure with default options the library, type
+
+  $ make config
+
+Several options can be added to the configure script, they include:
+
+   - cc=[compiler]     The C compiler used in cmake tests, default: gcc
+   - cxx=[compiler]    The C++ compiler to use, default: g++
+   - prefix=[path]     Installation path, default: /usr/local
+   - shared=[bool]     Build a shared library, default: true
+   - assert=[bool]     Enable the assert macro, default: true
+   - doc=[bool]        Configure to build the documentation, default: true
+   - build=[string]    Build types: Debug, Release, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel,
+                       default: None
+
+
+Authors :
+
+ - Nicolas Richart <nicolas.richart@epfl.ch>
+ - Guillaume Anciaux <guillaume.anciaux@epfl.ch>
+ - David Kammer <david.kammer@epfl.ch>
+ - Leonardo Snozzi <leonardo.snozzi@epfl.ch>
+ - Peter Spijker <peter.spijker@epfl.ch>
+ - Marion Chambart <marion.chambart@epfl.ch>
+ - Alejandro M. Aragón <alejandro.aragon@epfl.ch>
+ - Fabian Barras <fabian.barras@epfl.ch>
+ - Alodie Schneuwly <alodie.schneuwly@epfl.ch>
+ - Alessandro D'amario  <alessandro.damario@epfl.ch>
+ - Marco Vocialta <marco.vocialta@epfl.ch>
+ - Rui Wang <rui.wang@epfl.ch>
+ - Srinivasa Babu Ramisetti <srinivasa.ramisetti@epfl.ch>