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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 27873b62..aee07da7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Prerequisites
+PREREQUISITES
 =============
 
 GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible, available at either
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ distribution before trying to compile GiNaC-cint.  (See section
 `Working with the Cint C++ interpreter' below.)
 
 
-Installation
+INSTALLATION
 ============
 
 As with any autoconfiguring GNU software, installation is as easy as this:
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ make          |  ~4m   |  ~6m   |  ~10m  | building shared and static lib
 make check    |  ~2m   |  ~2m   |  ~7m   | mostly due to compilation
 
 
+COMMON PROBLEMS
+===============
+
 Problems with CLN
-=================
+-----------------
 
 You should use at least CLN V1.0.3, since during the development of
 GiNaC various bugs have been discovered and fixed in earlier versions.
@@ -74,6 +77,19 @@ added in V1.0.3 so it won't continue with earlier versions anyhow.
 Please install CLN properly on your system before continuing with
 GiNaC.
 
+Problems with building ginsh
+----------------------------
+
+The most common reason why this doesn't succeed is the absence of
+libreadline and/or the corresponding header files.  Depending on what
+your system/distribution is, you will have to install a package called
+libreadline and maybe libreadline-dev.  If your system's vendor
+doesn't supply such packages, go to <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/>
+and compile it yourself.  After that it should work fine.  
+
+If you want to build a completely static ginsh and your compiler still
+complains about unresolved objects try linking with libncurses, too.
+
 
 Working with the Cint C++ interpreter
 =====================================
@@ -90,6 +106,7 @@ or specify it on the command line saying
  $ ./configure --with-cint=/my/path/to/cintsysdir
 Good luck!
 
-  Known to work with:  |  Known not to work with:   
+  Known to work with:  |  Known not to work with:
 -----------------------+----------------------------
-  Cint 5.14.26         |  Cint 5.14.29              
+  Cint 5.14.25         |  Cint 5.14.24
+  Cint 5.14.26         |  Cint 5.14.29