diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ In order to generate the documentation, first create a Python 3 virtual environm
 
 For generating the images from PlantUML sources (`*.plantuml`), [PlantUML](https://plantuml.com/) is required.
 
-For pdf output the LaTeX builder is used, so `latex` and `pdflatex` need to be installed.
+For pdf output the LaTeX builder is used, so `latex` and `pdflatex` need to be installed. On a clean (no Latex compilation yet) operating system like GNU/Debian, the following dependencies are required to make Latex compile the sources.
+
+```
+sudo apt install texlive-base --no-install-recommends
+sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base --no-install-recommends
+sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra --no-install-recommends
+sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-german --no-install-recommends
+sudo apt-get install texlive-fonts-extra --no-install-recommends
+```
 
 For document generation `make` and latexmk` is required.