diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aedfd510b1b..51e308d2195 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Building QGIS from source - step by step
     5.7. Prepare your development environment
     5.8. Check out the QGIS Source Code
     5.9. Starting the compile
-    5.10. Running QGIS
+    5.10. Building Debian packages
+    5.11. Running QGIS
   6. Creation of MSYS environment for compilation of Quantum GIS
     6.1. Initial setup
       6.1.1. MSYS
@@ -150,9 +151,9 @@ simply copy the commands listed in codeblocks that look like this:
   ======================
 
 At version 0.8.1 QGIS no longer uses the autotools for building. QGIS, like a
-number of major projects (eg. KDE 4.0), now uses cmake for building from
-source. The configure script in this directory simply checks for the existence
-of cmake and provides some clues to build QGIS.
+number of major projects (eg. KDE 4.0), now uses cmake (http://www.cmake.org)
+for building from source. The configure script in this directory simply checks
+for the existence of cmake and provides some clues to build QGIS.
 
 For complete information, see the wiki at:
    http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Building_with_CMake
@@ -170,16 +171,15 @@ For complete information, see the wiki at:
  * Proj >= ? (known to work with 4.4.x)
  * GEOS >= 2.2 (3.0 is supported, maybe 2.1.x works too)
  * Sqlite3 >= ? (probably 3.0.0)
- * GDAL/OGR >= ? (1.2.x should work)
+ * GDAL/OGR >= 1.4.x (1.2.x should work)
 
 '''Optional dependencies:'''
  * for GRASS plugin - GRASS >= 6.0.0
  * for georeferencer - GSL >= ? (works with 1.8)
- * for postgis support and SPIT plugin - PostgreSQL >= ?
+ * for postgis support and SPIT plugin - PostgreSQL >= 8.0.x
  * for gps plugin - expat >= ? (1.95 is OK)
- * for mapserver export and PyQGIS - Python >= ? (probably 2.3)
- * for PyQGIS - SIP >= 4.5, PyQt >= 4.1
-
+ * for mapserver export and PyQGIS - Python >= 2.3 (2.5+ preferred)
+ * for PyQGIS - SIP >= 4.5, PyQt >= must match Qt version
 '''Recommended runtime deps:'''
  * for gps plugin - gpsbabel
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ zip archive that contains just about all dependencies.
 
 Get this: 
 
-http://qgis.org/uploadfiles/msys/msys.zip
+http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/win32/msys.zip
 
 and unpack to c:\msys
 
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ If all built without errors you can then install it:
 	5.1. Building QGIS with Qt4.x
 	=============================
 
-Requires: Ubuntu Gutsy / Debian derived distro
+Requires: Ubuntu Hardy / Debian derived distro
 
 These notes are current for Ubuntu 7.10 - other versions and Debian derived 
 distros may require slight variations in package names.
@@ -953,6 +953,12 @@ above commands to select the Qt4 version of the relevant applications.
 distributions (e.g. Debian or SuSE) only provide SIP < 4.5 and PyQt4 < 4.1. To include support for python 
 language bindings you may need to build and install those packages from source.
 
+If you do not have cmake installed already:
+
+
+  sudo apt-get install cmake
+
+
 
 	5.5. GRASS Specific Steps
 	=========================
@@ -1038,6 +1044,8 @@ qgis.org certificate. Press 'p' to accept it permanently:
 	5.9. Starting the compile
 	=========================
 
+/!\ *Note:* The next section describes howto build debian packages
+
 I compile my development version of QGIS into my ~/apps directory to avoid
 conflicts with Ubuntu packages that may be under /usr. This way for example
 you can use the binary packages of QGIS on your system along side with your
@@ -1077,7 +1085,46 @@ Now on with the build:
 It may take a little while to build depending on your platform.
 
 
-	5.10. Running QGIS
+	5.10. Building Debian packages
+	==============================
+
+Instead of creating a personal installation as in the previous step you can
+also create debian package.  This is done from the qgis root directory, where
+you'll find a debian directory.
+
+First you need to install the debian packaging tools once:
+
+
+  apt-get install build-essential
+
+
+The QGIS packages will be created with:
+
+
+  dpkg-buildpackage -us -us -b
+
+
+/!\ *Note:* If dpkg-buildpackage complains about unmet build dependencies
+you can install them using apt-get and re-run the command.
+
+/!\ *Note:* If you have libqgis1-dev installed, you need to remove it first
+using dpkg -r libqgis1-dev.  Otherwise dpkg-buildpackage will complain about at
+build conflict.
+
+The the packages are created in the parent directory (ie. one level up).
+Install them using dpkg.  E.g.:
+
+
+  sudo dpkg -i \
+  	../qgis_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \
+  	../libqgis-gui1_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \
+  	../libqgis-core1_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \
+  	../qgis-plugin-grass_1.0preview16_amd64.deb \
+  	../python-qgis_1.0preview16_amd64.deb
+
+
+
+	5.11. Running QGIS
 	==================
 
 Now you can try to run QGIS:
@@ -2228,11 +2275,12 @@ The following people have contributed to this document:
  - Juergen Fischer 2007
 
 - OSX Section
- - Tim Sutton, 2007
+ - Tim Sutton 2007
  - With special thanks to Tom Elwertowski and William Kyngesburye
 
 - GNU/Linux Section
  - Tim Sutton 2006
+ - Debian package section: Juergen Fischer 2008