diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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+Dependencies
+============
+
+- iconv
+- zlib (>= 1.2.3.4)
+
+- Boost (>= 1.42.0)
+  - Boost.StringAlgo
+  - Boost.System
+  - Boost.Filesystem
+  - Boost.Regex
+  - Boost.Unordered
+  - Boost.Hash
+  - Boost.Date_Time
+  - Boost.Function
+  - Boost.Bind
+  - Boost.Uuid
+
+- OpenGL (>= 2.1)
+- SDL (>= 1.2.14)
+
+- OpenAL Soft (>= 1.12)
+- MAD (>= 1.15.1b)
+- libogg (>= 1.2.0)
+- libvorbisfile (>= 1.3.1)
+
+
+How to build eos
+================
+
 1. Untar the source archive
 2. ./autogen.sh
 3. ./configure
 4. make
+
+Optionally, as root
 5. make install