diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 9b193c43a0d6dcd6f82825af11699e21a949a7d7..42aa887c51283b74ba9b966d7c2b8ce739ca6052 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ packages installed.
 Linux
 -----
 
-We assume Ubuntu (12.04 Quantal Quetzal or later) or Debian Linux (7.0 Wheezy
+We assume Ubuntu (12.10 Quantal Quetzal or later) or Debian Linux (7.0 Wheezy
 or later), but if you manage to install everything on a different flavour
 that's also fine.
 
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Install some of the other package we'll use:
     pip install numpy
     pip install matplotlib
     pip install biopython
+    pip install pandas==0.14.0
+    pip install openpyxl==2.0.4
 
 Define a default matplotlib backend:
 
@@ -110,3 +112,6 @@ Install some of the other package we'll use:
     pip install numpy
     pip install matplotlib
     pip install biopython
+    pip install pandas==0.14.0
+    pip install openpyxl==2.0.4
+