diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6b3825d628c68443fbeab78e282f1772dd19d697..6c5f6784bd9c1cc2341aa73cc353d8621444cab3 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -36,17 +36,12 @@ Before installing, please verify that you have the following programs:
   1.4.6 or above
 - `pyinotify Python module <https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify>`_
 - `PycURL Python module <http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/>`_
-- `ctypes Python module
-  <http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/>`_, if running on
-  python 2.4 (optional, used for node daemon memory locking)
 - `socat <http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/>`_, see :ref:`note
   <socat-note>` below
 - `Paramiko <http://www.lag.net/paramiko/>`_, if you want to use
   ``ganeti-listrunner``
 - `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 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/>`_
 - `Python IP address manipulation library
@@ -61,8 +56,19 @@ 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 fping
+                    python-pyparsing python-simplejson python-bitarray \
+                    python-pyinotify python-pycurl python-ipaddr socat fping
+
+If bitarray is missing it can be installed from easy-install::
+
+  $ easy_install bitarray
+
+Or on newer distributions (eg. Debian Wheezy) the above becomes::
+
+  $ apt-get install lvm2 ssh bridge-utils iproute iputils-arping \
+                    ndisc6 python python-openssl openssl \
+                    python-pyparsing python-simplejson python-bitarray \
+                    python-pyinotify python-pycurl python-ipaddr socat fping
 
 Note that this does not install optional packages::
 
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ Some of these are also available as package in Debian/Ubuntu::
 Or in newer versions of these distributions (using GHC 7.x)::
 
   $ apt-get install ghc libghc-json-dev libghc-network-dev \
-                    libghc-parallel-dev  libghc-deepseq-dev \
+                    libghc-parallel-dev libghc-deepseq-dev \
                     libghc-utf8-string-dev
 
 In Fedora, they are available via packages as well::
@@ -194,11 +200,12 @@ the exception of curl), so you can use either apt::
 
   $ apt-get install libghc-hslogger-dev libghc-crypto-dev libghc-text-dev \
                     libghc-hinotify-dev libghc-regex-pcre-dev libghc-curl-dev \
-                    libghc-attoparsec-dev libghc-vector-dev
+                    libghc-attoparsec-dev libghc-vector-dev libpcre3-dev
 
 or ``cabal``::
 
-  $ cabal install hslogger Crypto text hinotify regex-pcre curl \
+  $ apt-get install libprcre3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
+  $ cabal install hslogger Crypto text hinotify==0.3.2 regex-pcre curl \
                   attoparsec vector
 
 to install them.
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index 8f753d656c2cac3dbd0d525b49268ea80568ab13..435d22c345497752f838fc6132cc062955f44857 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -301,6 +301,13 @@ instances on a node.
      $ apt-get install drbd8-source drbd8-utils
      $ m-a update
      $ m-a a-i drbd8
+
+   Or on newer versions, if the kernel already has modules:
+
+     $ apt-get install drbd8-utils
+
+   Then to configure it for Ganeti::
+
      $ echo drbd minor_count=128 usermode_helper=/bin/true >> /etc/modules
      $ depmod -a
      $ modprobe drbd minor_count=128 usermode_helper=/bin/true