diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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@@ -34,10 +34,23 @@ Linux / OS X
 
 First make sure that these things are installed
  - Python 2 (2.6.0 or better, Python 3 is not yet supported!)
- - Sphinx (e.g. ``sudo yum install python-sphinx``), on Mac: ``sudo easy_install Sphinx``
- - Sphinx PHPDomain (e.g. ``sudo easy_install sphinxcontrib-phpdomain``)
- - rst2pdf (e.g. ``sudo easy_install rst2pdf``)
- - If you're on Arch Linux, the build script is called sphinx-build2 which will fail. Therefore you have to provide a link::
+ - Sphinx
+ - Sphinx PHPDomain
+ - rst2pdf
+
+On Mac this can be done by executing
+
+     sudo easy_install Sphinx sphinxcontrib-phpdomain rst2pdf
+
+On apt-get based distros this can be done by executing
+
+     sudo apt-get install python-sphinx python-sphinxcontrib.phpdomain rst2pdf
+
+On yum based distros this can be done by executing
+
+     sudo yum install python-sphinx rst2pdf
+
+If you're on Arch Linux, the build script is called sphinx-build2 which will fail. Therefore you have to provide a link::
 
      sudo ln -s /usr/bin/sphinx-build2 /usr/bin/sphinx-build