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@@ -31,37 +31,14 @@ update the package sources, and install the `liber` package:
     $ sudo apt-get update
     $ sudo apt-get install liber
 
-*Note*: on Debian Wheezy, you will need to install the `libleveldb1`
-package from the backports repository (see the
-[Debian backports website](http://backports.debian.org/) for
-instructions on how to set that up) before running the commands
-mentioned above:
-
-    $ apt-get install -t wheezy-backports libleveldb1
-
 
 ### Build from source
 
-The source has a few dependencies:
-
-* A working [Go](http://golang.org/) environment (note that the Go
-  version in Debian wheezy is too old, you should install a more recent
-  version from the Go website);
-* LevelDB (and Snappy)
-
-Some of the Go packages that `liber` depends upon have their own list
-of dependencies ([Bleve](http://blevesearch.org/) in particular) which
-you will also need to install. On a Debian-based system, the following
-command should suffice:
-
-    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential libleveldb-dev \
-        libsnappy-dev libicu-dev libstemmer-dev
-
-You should then install Bleve, enabling some necessary features:
-
-    $ go get -u -tags 'leveldb icu libstemmer' github.com/blevesearch/bleve
+To compile liber from source, you will need a working [Go](http://golang.org/)
+environment (note that the Go version in Debian wheezy is too old, you should
+install a more recent version from the Go website).
 
-And then download and install the `liber` source code:
+Building and installing the code is the simply a matter of running
 
     $ go get -d git.autistici.org/ale/liber
     $ go install git.autistici.org/ale/liber/...