+It's recommended to use wimlib-imagex in scripts to avoid having to
+interactively enter commands. However, note that wimlib-imagex is largely just
+a command-line front-end for wimlib, and it's possible to use wimlib's API in
+other front-ends or applications. Currently there is no official graphical user
+interface available for wimlib or wimlib-imagex. However, an unofficial, beta,
+Windows-only graphical user interface that provides a thin wrapper around
+wimlib-imagex can be downloaded at
+http://reboot.pro/files/file/485-wimlib-imagex-command-line-compiler/.
+
+ BUILDING FROM SOURCE
+
+As with other open source software, advanced users may choose to build wimlib
+from source, potentially with customizations. Although wimlib's build system is
+designed for UNIX-like systems and is easiest to use on Linux, it's possible to
+build Windows binaries on Windows using Cygwin with MinGW. To do this, follow
+the instructions below. For the sake of example, I'll assume you are building a
+32-bit version of wimlib v1.9.0.
+
+Run the Cygwin installer, available from https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe.
+When you get to the package selection screen, choose the following additional
+packages from category "Devel":
+
+ - make
+ - mingw64-i686-gcc-g++
+ - mingw64-i686-binutils
+ - mingw64-i686-libxml2
+ - mingw64-i686-winpthreads
+ - mingw64-i686-win-iconv
+ - mingw64-i686-pkg-config
+
+Download wimlib's source code from https://wimlib.net/downloads/wimlib-1.9.0.tar.gz.
+
+Start a Cygwin terminal and run the following commands:
+
+ cd /cygdrive/c/Users/example/Downloads # (or wherever you downloaded the source to)
+ tar xf wimlib-1.9.0.tar.gz
+ cd wimlib-1.9.0
+ ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32
+ make
+
+If successful, the new binaries "libwim-15.dll" and "wimlib-imagex.exe" will
+have been produced in the .libs directory.
+
+By default the binaries are built with debug symbols. If desired, you can use
+i686-w64-mingw32-strip to strip them.
+
+libwim-15.dll will be linked to several other DLLs which you will need as well:
+
+ - iconv.dll
+ - libwinpthread-1.dll
+ - libxml2-2.dll
+ - libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
+
+They can be found in "C:\cygwin\usr\i686-w64-mingw32\sys-root\mingw\bin" and
+must be placed alongside libwim-15.dll for it to run portably. (In the official
+binary release, these third-party libraries are linked to libwim-15.dll
+statically rather than dynamically.)
+
+Building 64-bit binaries is very similar, but you'll need to replace "i686" with
+"x86_64" everywhere in the above instructions. Note that you can build both
+32-bit and 64-bit binaries from the same Cygwin installation, provided that you
+install both the mingw64-i686-* and mingw64-x86_64-* packages; and you can run
+the Cygwin setup program to install more packages at any time.