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@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ hard-wired path to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>,
which will cause the program to stop working when that directory
is removed.</para>
+<para>Before the installation instructions each installation page gives some
+information about the package: a concise description of what it contains, how
+long it will approximately take to build it, how much disk space it needs
+during this building process, the official download location of the package
+(in case you just want to update a few of them), and which other packages it
+needs in order to be built successfully. After the installation instructions
+follows a list of programs and libraries that the package installs, together
+with a series of short descriptions of these.</para>
+
</sect1>