Merge pull request #7 from cyberemissary/updating-changelog-and-readme

Updating changelog and readme for my version of the repo

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
+The original [project repository](https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools) seems to have been abandoned 
+(no activity from author for over a year).
+
+In this fork I merged a few PR requests to the original repository as well as added some of my own
+fixes.
+
+# Installing from packages
+Since I use these tools in many systems, I packaged it for simpler installation. 
+
+> Had to change package name to avoid collision with original author's package.
+
+## Ubuntu/Debian
+> Built on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS only, should work on Debian and similar linux flavors.
+
+```bash
+$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7C2FDAFB
+$ echo "deb http://apt.cyberemissary.com/ubuntu/ xenial main" | sudo btee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt.cyberemissary.com.list
+$ sudo apt-update
+$ sudo apt-get install cyber-mdbtools
+```
+
+# Contributing
+Feel free to submit PR requests here. I will try to review and merge them regularly.
+
 # mdbtools 
-_version 0.7.1_
+_version 0.8.1_
 
 Welcome to the exciting world of MDB Tools! In short, MDB Tools is a set of 
 programs to help you use Microsoft Access file in various settings.  The major
@@ -55,21 +79,21 @@ Requirements:
 =============
 
 First, you must have reasonably current installations of:
-	libtool
+	`libtool`
-	automake
+	`automake`
-	autoconf (version >= 2.58)
+	`autoconf` (version >= 2.58)
 If you don't you should install them first. Sources are available at
 ftp.gnu.org.
 
-Second, you need glib. It may come as glib2.0 and glib2.0-dev packages in your
+Second, you need glib. It may come as `glib2.0` and `glib2.0-dev` packages in your
 distribution.
 
-If you want to build the SQL engine, you'll need bison or byacc, and flex.
+If you want to build the SQL engine, you'll need `bison` or `byacc`, and `flex`.
 
-If you want to build the ODBC driver, you'll need unixodbc (version 2.2.10 or
+If you want to build the ODBC driver, you'll need `unixodbc-dev` (version 2.2.10 or
 above) or iodbc.
 
-If you want to build man pages, you'll need txt2man. Source is available at
+If you want to build man pages, you'll need `txt2man`. Source is available at
 http://mvertes.free.fr/download/.
 
 If you want to generate the html version of the docbook, you'll need openjade
@@ -79,7 +103,7 @@ and basic dsl catalogs.
 Installation from source:
 =========================
 
-Last version is available at https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools
+Last version is available at https://github.com/cyberemissary/mdbtools
 
 ```bash
 $ autoreconf -i -f
@@ -122,24 +146,23 @@ $ make
 Once MDB Tools has been compiled, libmdb.[so|a] will be in the src/libmdb 
 directory and the utility programs will be in the src/util directory.
 
-You can then run `make install` as root to install (to /usr/local by default).
+You can then install (to /usr/local by default) by running the following as root:
+
+```bash
+$ make install
+```
+
 Some systems will also need the ld cache to be updated after installation;
-You can do that running `ldconfig` as root.
+You can do that running:
+
+```bash 
+$ ldconfig
+```
 
 
 Contacts
 ========
 
-The mailing list from the old site is available at
+Please send bug reports to the new github repository.
-http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net
+https://github.com/cyberemissary/mdbtools/issues
 
-Please send bug repports to the new github platform.
-https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools/issues
-
-
-Brian Bruns
-brian@bruns.com
-
-P.S. I, like many other free software authors, enjoy receiving postcards from the
-places users of my software live.  So, if you enjoy the software and it has 
-helped you out, consider sending me one, eh?  Just email me for my postal address.