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@@ -198,7 +198,12 @@
 	Recoll package will have a static link to Xapian so that you
 	do not need to build/install it separately.</p>
 
-      <h3><a name="ubuntu">Ubuntu</h3>
+      <h3><a name="debian">Debian</a></h3>
+
+      <p>The Debian Recoll packages are usually fairly up to date (at
+        least in testing), just use the appropriate Debian repository.</p>
+
+      <h3><a name="ubuntu">Ubuntu</a></h3>
       <blockquote>
       <p>There are Personal Package Archives on launchpad.net for 
        <a href="http://www.launchpad.net/~xapian-backports/+archive/xapian-1.2">