@@ -14,16 +14,25 @@ X). If you're using Windows, you can install [Cygwin].
1414Installing GHC
1515--------------
1616
17−To compile Pandoc, you'll need [GHC] version 6.6 or greater. If you don't
18−have GHC already, you can get it from the [GHC Download] page. If you're
19−running MacOS X, you can also install GHC using [MacPorts] or [Fink].
20−If you compile GHC from source, be sure to get the `extralibs` in
17+To compile Pandoc, you'll need [GHC] version 6.6 or greater. If you
18+don't have GHC already, you can get it from the [GHC Download] page. If
19+you're compiling GHC from source, be sure to get the `extralibs` in
2120addition to the base tarball.
2221
22+If you're running MacOS X, it may be more convenient to install GHC
23+using [MacPorts] or [Fink].
24+
25+If you're on a [debian]-based linux system (such as [Ubuntu]), you can get
26+GHC and the required libraries using `apt-get`:
27+
28+ sudo apt-get install ghc6 libghc6-xhtml-dev libghc6-mtl-dev libghc6-network-dev
29+
2330[GHC]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
2431[GHC Download]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html
2532[MacPorts]: http://macports.org
2633[Fink]: http://finkproject.org
34+[Ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com
35+[debian]: http://www.debian.org/
2736
2837Getting the source
2938------------------
@@ -231,3 +240,4 @@ Arch linux repository. Arch users can install `pandoc` by typing
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232241 pacman -Sy pandoc
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