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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 694f1db050..57a46650d0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ These four steps will compile, test and install LyX:
 	0) Linux users beware: You need qt4 and qt4-devel packages 
 	   of the same version to compile LyX.
 
-	1) ./configure
-	   configures LyX according to your system. 
-	   You may have to set
-           --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
-     if the environment variable QTDIR is not set (for example,
-     '--with-qt4-dir=/usr/share/qt4/'). Alternatively, you could
-     install pkgconfig (the name might vary depending on your 
-     distribution). 
+	   In general, it is also recommended to have pkg-config
+	   installed (the name might vary depending on your 
+	   distribution).
+
+	1) ./configure configures LyX according to your system. You
+	   may have to set --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
+	   (for example, "--with-qt4-dir=/usr/share/qt4/") if the
+	   environment variable QTDIR is not set and pkg-config is not
+	   available.
+	   
 	   See Note below if ./configure script is not present.
 
 	2) make
@@ -30,15 +32,15 @@ These four steps will compile, test and install LyX:
            if you want a smaller binary.
 
 
-Note for Subversion (SVN) checkouts
+Note for Git checkouts
 -----------------------------
 
-If you have checked this out from Subversion, you need to have:
+If you have checked this out from Git, you need to have:
 * automake >= 1.8
 * autoconf >= 2.59c
-* gettext >= 0.12
+* gettext >= 0.16.1
 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration
-files and proceed as stated below.
+files and proceed as stated above/below.
 
 You will also probably need GNU m4 (perhaps installed as gm4).
 
@@ -53,9 +55,9 @@ LyX makes great use of C++ Standard Template Library (STL).
 This means that gcc users will have to install the relevant libstdc++
 library to be able to compile this version of LyX. 
 
-For full LyX usability we suggest to use at least Qt 4.6 which has been
+For full LyX usability we suggest to use at least Qt 4.8 which has been
 widely tested. For compilation you need to compile against at least
-Qt 4.2.2. The only special point to make is that you must ensure that both
+Qt 4.5.0. The only special point to make is that you must ensure that both
 LyX and the Qt libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler.
 
 To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ The two following programs should be available at configuration time:
     as. Otherwise, LyX will not be able to run a number of tests. Note
     that users can run these tests manually with Tools>Reconfigure.
 
-  o Python 2.3 or newer installed to be able to import older LyX files
+  o Python 2.4 or newer must be installed. Python is used for many
+    simple tasks that are executed by external scripts, such as the
+    automatic configuration step and the import of older LyX documents
     with the lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when
     opening a file). Python 3.0 or later is not supported.
 
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ flags:
     The default are as follows in terms of version number
     release: stable release (1.x.y)
     prerelease: version number contains alpha, beta, rc or pre.
-    development: version number contains svn.
+    development: version number contains dev.
 
   o --with-extra-lib=DIRECTORY that specifies the path where LyX will
     find extra libraries (qt4) it needs. Defaults to NONE
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ flags:
     You can use this feature to install more than one version of LyX
     on the same system. You can optionally specify a "version" of your
     own, by doing something like :
-       ./configure --with-version-suffix=-latestsvn
+       ./configure --with-version-suffix=-latestdev
 
     Note that the standard configure options --program-prefix,
     --program-suffix and the others will not affect the shared LyX