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+Note to Debian users on "Suggested" dependencies:
+
+If you intend to use the markdown2pdf script, you should install
+texlive-latex-recommended (or, if you use teTeX, tetex-extra). This
+provides LaTeX packages that are needed by markdown2pdf.
+
+If you intend to use the html2markdown script, you should install
+tidy, plus either wget or w3m.