diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-config.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-config.xml
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+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-config.xml
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+<sect2>
+<title>Configuring Soup</title>
+&library-config;
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-desc.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-desc.xml
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+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-desc.xml
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+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+
+<para>The soup package contains SOAP libraries, used to implement
+XML remote procedure calls.</para>
+
+</sect2>
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-exp.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-exp.xml
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+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-exp.xml
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+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><userinput>--prefix=/opt/gnome:</userinput>
+Install Soup in the Gnome 1.4 area.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-inst.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-inst.xml
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+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-inst.xml
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+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of Soup</title>
+
+<para>Install Soup by running the following commands:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>
+./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome &amp;&amp;
+make &amp;&amp;
+make install
+</userinput></screen></para>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-intro.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup-intro.xml
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+<sect2>
+<title>Introduction to Soup</title>
+
+<screen>Download location (HTTP):       <ulink url="&soup-download-http;"/>
+Download location (FTP):        <ulink url="&soup-download-ftp;"/>
+Version used:                   &soup-version;
+Package size:                   &soup-size;
+Estimated Disk space required:  &soup-buildsize;</screen>
+
+<para>The Soup package contains a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
+implementation in C.  </para>
+
+</sect2>
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup.ent b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup.ent
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+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup.ent
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+<!ENTITY soup SYSTEM "soup.xml">
+<!ENTITY soup-intro SYSTEM "soup-intro.xml">
+<!ENTITY soup-inst SYSTEM "soup-inst.xml">
+<!ENTITY soup-exp SYSTEM "soup-exp.xml">
+<!ENTITY soup-desc SYSTEM "soup-desc.xml">
+<!ENTITY soup-config SYSTEM "soup-config.xml">
+<!ENTITY soup-buildsize "4.1 MB">
+<!ENTITY soup-version "0.7.4">
+<!ENTITY soup-download-http "http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/soup/0.7/soup-0.7.4.tar.bz2">
+<!ENTITY soup-download-ftp "">
+<!ENTITY soup-size "302 KB">
diff --git a/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup.xml b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup.xml
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+++ b/gnome/otherlibs/soup/soup.xml
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+<sect1 id="soup" xreflabel="soup-&soup-version;">
+<?dbhtml filename="soup.html" dir="gnome"?>
+<title>soup-&soup-version;</title>
+
+&soup-intro;
+&soup-inst;
+&soup-exp;
+&soup-config;
+&soup-desc;
+
+</sect1>
+