diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@ To use it::
 
 You can also use your system's package manager to install the dependencies.
 
+Ubuntu / Debian
+_______________
+
+On Debian, you can install the required system libraries using the system package manager::
+
+    sudo apt -y install libproj-dev libgeos-dev
+
+Then you can proceed to install cartopy using a python package manager::
+
+    pip3 install cartopy
+
+MacOS
+_____
+
 For macOS, the required dependencies can be installed in the following way::
 
     brew install proj geos
@@ -83,6 +97,9 @@ Then you can install cartopy using::
 
     pip3 install cartopy
 
+Other
+_____
+
 If you are installing dependencies with a package manager on Linux, you may
 need to install the development packages (look for a "-dev" or "-devel" suffix) in addition
 to the core packages.