diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index db29b26331ad61d0389581550f7836e718aded54..7dc402a376c593be59538413a99597b995f58334 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Before installing, please verify that you have the following programs:
 - `affinity Python module <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/affinity/0.1.0>`_,
   optional python package for supporting CPU pinning under KVM
 - `ElementTree Python module <http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm>`_,
-  if running python 2.4 (optional, used by the ``ovfconverter`` tool)
+  if running on python 2.4 (optional, used by the ``ovfconverter`` tool)
 - `qemu-img <http://qemu.org/>`_, if you want to use ``ovfconverter``
 - `fping <http://fping.sourceforge.net/>`_
 
@@ -59,15 +59,30 @@ packages, except for RBD, DRBD and Xen::
   $ apt-get install lvm2 ssh bridge-utils iproute iputils-arping \
                     ndisc6 python python-pyopenssl openssl \
                     python-pyparsing python-simplejson \
-                    python-pyinotify python-pycurl socat \
-                    python-elementtree qemu
+                    python-pyinotify python-pycurl socat fping
+
+Note that this does not install optional packages::
+
+  $ apt-get install python-paramiko python-affinity qemu-img
+
+If some of the python packages are not available in your system,
+you can try installing them using ``easy_install`` command.
+For example::
+
+  $ apt-get install python-setuptools
+  $ cd / && sudo easy_install \
+            affinity
+
 
 On Fedora to install all required packages except RBD, DRBD and Xen::
 
   $ yum install openssh openssh-clients bridge-utils iproute ndisc6 \
                 pyOpenSSL pyparsing python-simplejson python-inotify \
-                python-lxml python-paramiko socat qemu-img
+                python-lxm socat fping
+
+For optional packages use the command::
 
+  $ yum install python-paramiko python-affinity qemu-img
 
 If you want to build from source, please see doc/devnotes.rst for more
 dependencies.
@@ -136,8 +151,12 @@ were renamed::
   $ apt-get install ghc libghc-json-dev libghc-network-dev \
                     libghc-parallel-dev libghc-curl-dev
 
-If using a distribution which does not provide them, the first install
-the Haskell platform and then install the additional libraries via
+If using a distribution which does not provide them, first install
+the Haskell platform. You can also install ``cabal`` manualy::
+
+  $ apt-get install cabal-install
+
+Then install the additional libraries via
 ``cabal``::
 
   $ cabal install json network parallel curl
@@ -171,6 +190,14 @@ or ``cabal``::
 
 to install them.
 
+.. _cabal-note:
+.. note::
+  If one of the cabal packages fails to install due to unfulfilled
+  dependencies, you can try enabling symlinks in ``~/.cabal/config``.
+
+  Make sure that your ``~/.cabal/bin`` directory (or whatever else
+  is defined as ``bindir``) is in your ``PATH``.
+
 Installation of the software
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/devnotes.rst b/doc/devnotes.rst
index 48544fbd84cdd349b0e972778c2c00293d874ca7..27555aa7935df596a5e3a06da176b655d9b9740c 100644
--- a/doc/devnotes.rst
+++ b/doc/devnotes.rst
@@ -6,20 +6,25 @@ Developer notes
 Build dependencies
 ------------------
 
-Most dependencies from :doc:`install-quick`, plus (for Python):
+Most dependencies from :doc:`install-quick`, including ``qemu-img``
+(marked there as optional) plus (for Python):
 
 - `GNU make <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/>`_
 - `GNU tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>`_
 - `Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>`_
 - `pandoc <http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/>`_
+- `python-epydoc <http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/>`_
 - `python-sphinx <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/>`_
-  (tested with version 0.6.1)
+  (tested with version 1.1.3)
 - `graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org/>`_
 - the `en_US.UTF-8` locale must be enabled on the system
 - `pylint <http://www.logilab.org/857>`_ and its associated
   dependencies
 - `pep8 <https://github.com/jcrocholl/pep8/>`_
 
+For older developement (Ganeti < 2.4) ``docbook`` was used instead
+``pandoc``.
+
 Note that for pylint, at the current moment the following versions
 must be used::
 
@@ -27,9 +32,26 @@ must be used::
     pylint 0.21.1,
     astng 0.20.1, common 0.50.3
 
+The same with pep8, other versions may give you errors::
+
+     $ pep8 --version
+     0.6.1
+
 To generate unittest coverage reports (``make coverage``), `coverage
 <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/coverage>`_ needs to be installed.
 
+Installation of all dependencies listed here::
+
+     $ apt-get install python-setuptools
+     $ apt-get install pandoc python-epydoc graphviz
+     $ cd / && sudo easy_install \
+               sphinx \
+               logilab-astng==0.20.1 \
+               logilab-common==0.50.3 \
+               pylint==0.21.1 \
+               pep8==0.6.1 \
+               coverage
+
 For Haskell development, again all things from the quick install
 document, plus: