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Pandoc is free software, released under the [GPL].
-**Source distribution:** [`@TARBALL_NAME@`](@TARBALL_NAME@).
+**Source distribution:** [`@TARBALL_NAME@`].
To install, unpack the archive and follow the instructions in the
[INSTALL](INSTALL.html) file. You'll need the [GHC] Haskell compiler,
version 6.4 or higher.
-**MacOS X binary package:** [`@OSX_DMG_NAME@`](@OSX_DMG_NAME@).
+**MacOS X binary package:** [`@OSX_DMG_NAME@`].
To install, just double-click the package icon in the disk
image. See the [installation notes](osx-notes.html) for important
information about setting your `PATH`. Note: This package was
compiled on a G4 Mac; it will also work on an Intel Mac via emulation.
-**Debian binary package:** [`@DEB_NAME@`](@DEB_NAME@).
-To install (on x86 Debian-based linux systems only):
-
- sudo dpkg -i @DEB_NAME@
-
-**Windows executable:** [`@WINDOWS_EXE_NAME@`](@WINDOWS_EXE_NAME@).
+**Windows binary package:** [`@WINDOWS_PKG_NAME@`].
+The zip file contains the `pandoc.exe` command-line program (which
+you should extract from the zip archive and put somewhere in your
+PATH). See the included file `README-WINDOWS.txt` for instructions
+on using the program. Note: If you use [Cygwin], we recommend that
+you compile Pandoc from source. This will give you access to the
+wrapper scripts `markdown2pdf` and `web2markdown`, which are not
+included in the Windows binary package.
+
+[`@TARBALL_NAME@`]: http://pandoc.googlecode.com/files/@TARBALL_NAME@
+ "Download source tarball from Pandoc's Google Code site"
+[`@OSX_DMG_NAME@`]: http://pandoc.googlecode.com/files/@OSX_DMG_NAME@
+ "Download Mac OS X disk image from Pandoc's Google Code site"
+[`@WINDOWS_PKG_NAME@`]: http://pandoc.googlecode.com/files/@WINDOWS_PKG_NAME@
+ "Download Windows zip file from Pandoc's Google Code site"
+[Cygwin]: http://www.cygwin.com/
+ "Cygwin - a linux-like environment for Windows"
+
+**Debian packages:** Pandoc will be available soon in the Debian unstable
+package repository, thanks to the efforts of Recai Oktaş. Watch this
+space for details.
**Repository:** Pandoc has a publicly accesible subversion repository
at Google Code (<http://code.google.com/p/pandoc>). To check out the