@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Quick install
2424
2525 This procedure will install the released version of pandoc,
2626 which will be downloaded automatically from HackageDB.
27+ (Note: if this step fails, and you are using an older version
28+ of the Haskell Platform, e.g. on Debian stable, you may need to
29+ upgrade your version of cabal: `cabal install cabal-install`,
30+ then try `cabal update && cabal install pandoc` again.)
31+
2732 If you want to install a modified or development version
2833 of pandoc instead, switch to the source directory and do
2934 as above, but without the 'pandoc':