=== modified file 'doc/src/installation.docbook'
--- doc/src/installation.docbook	2009-01-11 13:59:36 +0000
+++ doc/src/installation.docbook	2011-03-09 13:20:14 +0000
@@ -39,28 +39,45 @@
    Here you can find the necessary steps to have Koo up and running on 
    Windows.
   </para>
-  <sect2>
-   <title>Building binary package</title>
-   <para>
-    You'll need <literal>matplotlib</literal> 
-    (<ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/matplotlib"/>), 
-    <literal>numpy</literal> (required by matplotlib) 
-    (<ulink url="http://numpy.scipy.org"/>).
-   </para>
-  </sect2>
+  <para>
+   If you want to just use the standard koo build, just run the installer,
+   and everything you need will be installed - You can ignore the rest of
+   these instructions. If you want to build a custom version, however,
+   there are some extra steps you need to take.
+  </para>
   <sect2>
    <title>Install dependencies</title>
    <para>
-    As any other application, Koo has dependencies on third party software. This software packages are also open source and are freely downloadable from the Internet, and they should be installed before Koo itself.
-   </para>
-   <para>
-    First you should start by downloading the Python installer package that can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.python.org/download/"/>. The installer is a wizard which you probably only need to click on next in every page.
-   </para>
-   <para>
-    The other package you need is PyQt4 available at <ulink url="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/download.php"/>, remember you need to download the binary installer for windows (the .exe file).
-   </para>
-   <para>
-   </para>
+    As any other application, Koo has dependencies on third party software. This software packages are also open source (except for MS Visual C++ redistributable) and are freely downloadable from the Internet, and they should be installed before building Koo itself.
+   </para>
+   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem><para>Python (<ulink url="http://www.python.org/download/"/>)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>PyGTK all in one installer (for icons) (<ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/"/>)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>PyQt (for gui) (<ulink url="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/"/>)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Pyro (for connection) (<ulink url="http://www.xs4all.nl/~irmen/pyro3/"/>)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Matplotlib (for graphing) (<ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/matplotlib"/>)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>MS Visual C++ 2008 redistributable (<ulink url="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf"/>)</para></listitem>
+   </itemizedlist>
+   <para>If you want to create an installer, you'll also need:</para>
+   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem><para>Py2exe (to create executable) (<ulink url="http://www.py2exe.org/"/>)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>NSIS (to create installer) (<ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/nsis"/>)</para></listitem>
+   </itemizedlist>
+   <para>Once these are all installed, you're good to go. Run Koo\koo.py from the main koo folder to run it. If you want to create an installer, read on.</para>
+  </sect2>
+  <sect2>
+   <title>Prepare to build</title>
+   <para>Once the dependencies have all been installed, there are a few steps that need to be taken before a build will succeed.</para>
+   <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem><para>Copy msvcp90.dll (from MS Visual C++ 2008 redistributable) to the Python DLL folder (e.g. C:\Python27\DLLs)</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Copy vcredist_x86.exe (the MS Visual C++ 2008 redistributable installer) to the "NSIS" folder inside the koo folder</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Edit the python location in build.bat to match where it is installed on your system.</para></listitem>
+   </itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+  <sect2>
+   <title>Building</title>
+   <para>Run the build.bat script in the koo folder, with your version name as the argument (e.g. build.bat my-custom-version).</para>
+   <para>The koo build is now in the "dist" folder koo, and the installer is at "NSIS\koo-my-custom-version.exe"</para>
   </sect2>
  </sect1>