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+# plasma-applet-netspeed-widget
+Plasma 5 widget that displays the currently used network bandwidth.
+
+Based on the [Plasma 4 widget](http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/netspeed-plasmoid?content=140504) created by Pinter Sandor.
+
+# Installation
+```
+git clone https://github.com/HessiJames/plasma-applet-netspeed-widget
+cd plasma-applet-netspeed-widget
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
+make
+sudo make install
+```