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+blueprints-ramcloud-graph
+=========================
+
+A TinkerPop Blueprints implementation for RAMCloud
+
+Setup
+=====
+ - Copy `src/main/java/edu/stanford/ramcloud/JRamCloud.java` and `src/main/cpp/edu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.cc` to your `ramcloud/bindinds/java/edu/stanford/ramcloud` directory, overwriting what is already there.
+
+ - Generate the C++ header files containing the function signatures for all the native methods in the Java RamCloud library:
+
+```
+javah -cp ../../../ edu.stanford.ramcloud.JRamCloud
+```
+
+ - Compile the ramcloud C++ library (assuming ramcloud is in your ${HOME} directory and you have already compiled ramcloud):
+
+```
+c++ -Wall -O3 -shared -fPIC -std=c++0x -I/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9.x86_64/include/ -I/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9.x86_64/include/linux/ -I${HOME}/ramcloud/src/ -I${HOME}/ramcloud/obj.master/ -I${HOME}/ramcloud/logcabin/ -I${HOME}/ramcloud/gtest/include/ -L${HOME}/ramcloud/obj.master -o libedu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.so edu_stanford_ramcloud_JRamCloud.cc -lramcloud
+```
+
+ - Update `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (assuming ramcloud is in your ${HOME} directory) to include the library and also any other ramcloud libraries:
+
+```
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${HOME}/ramcloud/bindings/java/edu/stanford/ramcloud:${HOME}/ramcloud/obj.master
+```
+
+ - Startup a ramcloud cluster somewhere and modify RamCloudGraph.java to point to the coordinator.
+
+ - Compile this package (blueprints-ramcloud-graph) using maven and run :)
+
+Using Rexster
+=============
+ - git clone the rexster repository:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/tinkerpop/rexster.git
+```
+
+ - Compile rexster
+
+```
+cd rexster/
+mvn compile
+```
+
+ - Compile packaged rexster server
+
+```
+cd rexster-server/
+mvn package
+```
+
+ - Edit rexster-server config file
+
+```
+cd target/rexster-server-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone/
+vim config/rexster.xml
+```
+
+ - Change web-root to be your public web-root directory
+
+ - Add a ramcloud graph to the set of graphs to load up:
+
+```
+<graph>
+    <graph-enabled>true</graph-enabled>
+    <graph-name>ramcloudgraph</graph-name>
+    <graph-type>com.tinkerpop.rexster.config.RamCloudGraphConfiguration</graph-type>
+</graph>
+```
+
+ - Go back to the blueprints-ramcloud-graph directory and compile jar with depdencies:
+
+```
+mvn assembly:assembly -DdescriptorId=jar-with-dependencies
+```
+
+ - Copy resulting jar file into the compiled rexster-server library directory:
+
+```
+cp blueprints-ramcloud-graph-2.0.0-jar-with-depdencies.jar ~/git/rexster/rexster-server/target/rexster-server-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone/lib
+```
+
+ - Startup a ramcloud cluster (maybe using the cluster.py script):
+
+```
+./cluster.py --verbose --servers=5 --replicas=3 --backups=1 --masterArgs="--totalMasterMemory 80% --masterServiceThreads 4" --clients=1 --client=../obj.master/client --debug
+```
+
+ - Startup the rexster server:
+
+```
+./bin/rexster.sh -start &
+```
+
+ - Connect to rexster server at:
+
+```
+localhost:8182
+```
+
+
+Using Gremlin
+=============
+ - git clone the gremlin repository:
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/tinkerpop/gremlin.git
+```
+
+ - Compile gremlin
+
+```
+cd rexster/
+mvn package
+```
+
+ - Go back to the blueprints-ramcloud-graph directory and compile jar with depdencies:
+
+```
+mvn assembly:assembly -DdescriptorId=jar-with-dependencies
+```
+
+ - Copy resulting jar file into the compiled gremlin-groovy library directory:
+
+```
+cp blueprints-ramcloud-graph-2.0.0-jar-with-depdencies.jar ~/git/gremlin/gremlin-groovy/target/gremlin-groovy-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone/lib
+```
+
+ - Startup a ramcloud cluster (maybe using the cluster.py script):
+
+```
+./cluster.py --verbose --servers=5 --replicas=3 --backups=1 --masterArgs="--totalMasterMemory 80% --masterServiceThreads 4" --clients=1 --client=../obj.master/client --debug
+```
+
+ - Startup gremlin shell:
+
+```
+./bin/gremlin.sh
+```
+
+ - Import RamCloudGraph java libraries and create RamCloudGraph:
+
+```
+         \,,,/
+         (o o)
+-----oOOo-(_)-oOOo-----
+gremlin> g = new com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.ramcloud.RamCloudGraph()
+```
+
+ - Have fun!
+
+Using Furnace
+=============
+ - See `com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.ramcloud.FurnaceExamples` for some examples of using Furnace
+
+Using JUNG
+==========
+ - See `com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.ramcloud.JUNGExamples` for some examples of using the JUNG ouplementation (mostly taken from https://github.com/tinkerpop/blueprints/wiki/JUNG-Ouplementation).
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1fa36b..0c3c198 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -491,11 +491,6 @@
       <artifactId>packetstreamer-thrift</artifactId>
       <version>0.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.ramcloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>blueprints-ramcloud-graph</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.0</version>
-    </dependency>
     -->
   </dependencies>
 </project>