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 Installation
 ------------
 
+On a Debian/Ubuntu based OS, the following dependencies are needed:
+
+	apt-get install python python-pil python-setuptools
+
+Or for Python 3:
+
+	apt-get install python3 python3-pil python3-setuptools
+
 You can install the package using:
 
 	$ pip install img2pdf