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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1b47285409..694f1db050 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ These four steps will compile, test and install LyX:
 	   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. 
+     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). 
 	   See Note below if ./configure script is not present.
 
 	2) make
@@ -46,25 +49,19 @@ Requirements
 First of all, you will also need a recent C++ compiler, where recent
 means that the compilers are close to C++ standard conforming (gcc 4.x).
 
-LyX 1.6.x makes great use of C++ Standard Template Library (STL).
+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. 
 
-LyX has been tested with all Qt versions since Qt 4.2.2. 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 LyX and the Qt libraries are
-compiled with the same C++ compiler.
+For full LyX usability we suggest to use at least Qt 4.6 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
+LyX and the Qt libraries are compiled with the same C++ compiler.
 
-Note that if Qt is using Xft2/fontconfig, you may need to install the
-latex-xft-fonts package (at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/) to get
-maths symbols displayed properly. To find out, type:
+To build LyX with spell checking capabilities included you have to
+install at least one of the development packages of the spell checker
+libraries. See the RELEASE-NOTES for details.
 
-	ldd `which lyx` | grep fontconfig
-
-at the console. Most recent distributions are known to use fontconfig.
-
-If, however, your version of Qt does not use fontconfig, then TeX
-fonts should be added to the font path. 'man xset' is your friend.
 
 * Other things to note
 
@@ -74,10 +71,6 @@ to some dependencies in the makefiles. You can get the latest version
 from:
 	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
 
-To use the thesaurus, you will need to install libAikSaurus, available
-from:
-	http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/
-
 The two following programs should be available at configuration time:
 
   o LaTeX2e should be correctly setup for the user you are logged in
@@ -86,7 +79,7 @@ The two following programs should be available at configuration time:
 
   o Python 2.3 or newer installed to be able to import older LyX files
     with the lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when
-    opening a file).
+    opening a file). Python 3.0 or later is not supported.
 
 
 Creating the Makefile
@@ -99,20 +92,21 @@ to create the Makefile by typing
 
   ./configure
 
-For more complicated cases, LyX configure takes the following specific
+For more complicated cases, LyX configure honors the following specific
 flags:
 
-  o --enable-build-type=[rel(ease), dev(elopment), pre(release)]
+  o --enable-build-type=[rel(ease), pre(release), dev(elopment), prof(iling), gprof]
     allows to tweak the compiled code. The following table describes
     the settings in terms of various options that are described later
 
-                      release   prerelease  development
-    optimization        -O2         -O2         -O
+                      release   prerelease  development profiling gprof
+    optimization        -O2         -O2         -O         -O2     -O2
     assertions                       X           X
     stdlib-debug                                 X
     concept-checks                   X           X
     warnings                         X           X
-    debug                            X           X
+    debug                            X           X           X       X
+    gprof                                                            X
 
     The default are as follows in terms of version number
     release: stable release (1.x.y)
@@ -207,7 +201,7 @@ this file.
 
 The following options allow to tweak more precisely the generated code:
 
-  o --enable-profiling instruments the code for use with the gprof
+  o --enable-gprof instruments the code for use with the gprof
     profiler. The result are only meaningful in conjunction with
     --enable-build-type=release.