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+Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Geographic Information System
+that lets you view and manipulate spatial data on your computer. It
+supports many common spatial data formats (e.g. PostGIS, ShapeFile and
+geotiff).
+
+Optional dependencies:
+ - postgresql and postgis: for PostGIS support
+ - gpsbabel: for the GPS plugin
+ - grass: for the Grass plugin
+ - gsl: for georeferencing support
+ - fcgi: for the QGIS server (see README.server)