diff --git a/README b/README
index d51f050..96629c0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ This program depends on boost/xpressive header only library. On RedHat(-ish) sys
 
 yum install boost-devel
 
+On debian do:
+
+apt-get install libboost-regex-dev
+
 before installation
 
 INSTALLATION
 git clone git://github.com/mickenordin/begin.git
 cd begin
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
 make
 make install