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diff --git a/htdocs/docs/install.html b/htdocs/docs/install.html
index 5d00f9641..bb621e9a1 100644
--- a/htdocs/docs/install.html
+++ b/htdocs/docs/install.html
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ Before installing, you need:
 <ul>
   <li>A web server, such as <a href="http://www.apache-ssl.org">Apache-SSL</a> or <a href="http://www.apache.org">Apache</a>
   <li><a href="ftp://ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh/">SSH</a>
-  <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/relinfo/INSTALL.html">Perl</a> (at least 5.004_04)
-  <li>A database engine supported by Perl's <a href="http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/">DBI</a>, such as <a href="http://www.tcx.se/">MySQL</a> or <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a>
-  <li>Perl modules
+  <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/relinfo/INSTALL.html">Perl</a> (at least 5.004_05 for the 5.004 series or 5.005_03 for the 5.005 series.  Don't enable experimental features like threads or the PerlIO abstraction layer.)
+  <li>A database engine supported by Perl's <a href="http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/">DBI</a>, such as <a href="http://www.tcx.se/">MySQL</a> or <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> (verstion 6.5 or higher) (see the <a href="postgresql.html">PostgreSQL notes</a>)
+  <li>Perl modules (<a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/manual/html/lib/CPAN.html">CPAN</a> will query, download and build perl modules automatically)
     <ul>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Array/">Array-PrintCols</a>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Term/">Term-Query</a> (make test broken; install manually)
       <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/MIME/">MIME-Base64</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Data">Data-Dumper</a>
-      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/MD5">MD5</a>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/MD5">Digest-MD5</a>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/URI">URI</a>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/HTTP">HTML-Parser</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Net">libnet</a>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Locale">Locale-Codes</a>
+      <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Net">Net-Whois</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/LWP/">libwww-perl</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Business/">Business-CreditCard</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Data/">Data-ShowTable</a>
@@ -31,11 +37,16 @@ Before installing, you need:
 Install the Freeside distribution:
 <ul>
   <li>Add the user `freeside' to your system.
-  <li>Add the freeside database to your database engine.  (with <a href="http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Syntax.html#Create database">MySQL</a>) (with <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/manage-ag.htm#AEN854">PostgreSQL</a>)
-  <li>Allow the freeside user full access to the freeside database.  (with <a href="http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Privilege_system.html#Privilege system">MySQL</a>) (with <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/newuser.htm">PostgreSQL</a>)
+  <li>Add the freeside database to your database engine.  (with <a href="http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Syntax.html#Create_database">MySQL</a>) (with <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/manage-ag.htm#AEN854">PostgreSQL</a>)
+  <li>Allow the freeside user full access to the freeside database.  (with <a href="http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_Privilege_system.html#Privilege_system">MySQL</a>) (with <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/admin/newuser.htm">PostgreSQL</a>)
   <li>Unpack the tarball: <pre>gunzip -c fs-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xvf -</pre>
-  <li>Copy or link fs-x.y.z/site_perl to FS in your site_perl directory.  (try `<code>perl -V</code>' if unsure) <pre>mkdir /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS
-cp fs-x.y.z/site_perl/* /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS</pre> or <pre>ln -s /full/path/to/fs-x.y.z/site_perl /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS</pre>
+  <li>Build and install the Perl libraries:
+    <pre>
+$ cd FS/
+$ perl Makefile.PL
+$ make
+$ su
+# make install</pre>
   <li>Copy or link fs-x.y.z/htdocs to your web server's document space.  <pre>mkdir /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
 cp -r fs-x.y.z/htdocs/* /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside</pre> or <pre>ln -s /full/path/to/fs-x.y.z/htdocs /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside</pre>
   <li>Restrict access to this web interface.  (with <a href="http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#user-authentication">Apache</a>)
@@ -50,10 +61,14 @@ chmod 4755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.
 <pre>cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
 chown -R freeside .
 chmod 755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.cgi search/*.cgi view/*.cgi</pre>
+      <li>Use <a href="http://perl.apache.org/">mod_perl</a>.  You should run a separate iteration of Apache[-SSL] as the freeside user.  (Warning:  The redirect method of CGI.pm 2.36 [as distributed with Perl 5.004_04] is broken under mod_perl.  Downlaod the current version from <a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/CGI">CPAN</a>.  Apache 1.3.6 is also highly recommended because of signal handling problems in earlier versions.)
+<pre>cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
+chown -R root .
+chmod 755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.cgi search/*.cgi view/*.cgi</pre>
     </ul>
 <li>Create the necessary <a href="config.html">configuration files</a>.
 <li>Create the `/usr/local/etc/freeside/counters.<i>datasrc</i>', and 
-  `/usr/local/etc/freeside/export.<i>datasrc</i>' directories for each <i>datasrc</i>.
+  `/usr/local/etc/freeside/export.<i>datasrc</i>' directories for each <i>datasrc</i> (owned by the freeside user).
   <li>As the freeside user, run bin/fs-setup to create the database tables.
 </ul>
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