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+# Enit
+## The official init system for Tide Linux
+
+### Project Information
+Enit is an init system developed for the Tide Linux project. It features easy-to-use commands for power and service management and yaml-based service configuration
+
+### Installation Guide
+#### Using a package manager
+- Tide Linux: Enit is pre-installed as the default init system through the `enit` package
+#### Building from source
+- Download `go` from your package manager or from the go website
+- Download `make` from your package manager
+- Run the following command to compile the project
+```
+make PREFIX=/usr SYSCONFDIR=/etc LOCALSTATEDIR=/var
+```
+- Run the following command to install Enit into your system. You may also append a DESTDIR variable at the end of this line if you wish to install in a different root directory
+```
+make install PREFIX=/usr
+make install-config PREFIX=/usr SYSCONFDIR=/etc
+```
+### Post installation
+- Set the default init system in your bootloader/boot-manager by appending `init=/usr/sbin/enit` to your kernel command-line parameters. Alternatively symlink `/usr/sbin/enit` to `/sbin/init`
+- You may find additional service files in the [Tide Linux repositories](https://git.enumerated.dev/tide-linux). Some service files will likely need to be modified to run in your distribution