diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -35,33 +35,85 @@ regularly run on Mac OS X. No efforts have been made to ensure that
 the code will compile and run on windows platforms.
 
 
+DEPENDENCIES FOR DEBIAN BASED DISTRIBUTIONS (Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu Precise)
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# packages necessary for building
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential gfortran pkg-config libtool \
+                        automake autoconf
+
+# packages necessary for documentation
+sudo apt-get install -y doxygen ghostscript texlive-latex-recommended pgf
+
+# packages necessary for version control
+sudo apt-get install -y git-core git-svn subversion
+
+# libraries necessary for DUNE
+sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev libsuperlu3-dev libsuitesparse-dev
+
+# libraries necessary for OPM
+sudo apt-get install -y libxml0-dev
+
+
+DEPENDENCIES FOR SUSE BASED DISTRIBUTIONS
+-----------------------------------------
+
+# libraries
+sudo zypper install blas libblas3 lapack liblapack3 libboost libxml2 umfpack
+
+# tools
+sudo zypper install gcc automake autoconf git doxygen
+
+
+RETRIEVING AND BUILDING DUNE PREREQUISITES
+------------------------------------------
+
+(only necessary if you want to use opm-core as a dune module)
+
+# trust DUNE certificate (sic)
+echo p | svn list https://svn.dune-project.org/svn/dune-common
+
+# checkout DUNE libraries
+for module in common istl geometry grid localfunctions; do
+  git svn clone -s \
+    https://svn.dune-project.org/svn/dune-$module/branches/release-2.2/ \
+	dune-$module
+done
+
+# building DUNE libraries
+for module in common istl geometry grid localfunctions; do
+  env CCACHE_DISABLE=1 dune-common/bin/dunecontrol --only=dune-$module \
+    --configure-opts="--enable-fieldvector-size-is-method" \
+	--make-opts="-j -l 0.8" autogen : configure : make
+done
+
+
 DOWNLOADING
 -----------
 
+For a read-only download:
 git clone git://github.com/OPM/opm-core.git
 
+If you want to contribute, fork OPM/opm-core on github.
+
 
 BUILDING
 --------
 
+(standalone opm-core:)
+
  cd ../opm-core
  autoreconf -i
  ./configure
  make
  sudo make install
 
+(using opm-core as a dune module:)
 
-DEPENDENCIES FOR DEBIAN BASED DISTRIBUTIONS
--------------------------------------------
+ # note: this is done from the parent directory of opm-core
+ env CCACHE_DISABLE=1 dune-common/bin/dunecontrol --only=opm-core \
+   --configure-opts="" --make-opts="-j -l 0.8" autogen : configure : make
 
-(to be updated)
-
-
-DEPENDENCIES FOR SUSE BASED DISTRIBUTIONS
------------------------------------------
-
-blas libblas3 lapack liblapack3 libboost libxml2 gcc automake autoconf
-git doxygen umfpack
 
 
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