diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6eb7d34..987a8b9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ OS:
   This distribution will only work on *NIX type systems at present.
 
 Other Software
+  For installation to proceed you require the following packages:
+
+    zlib1g-dev
+    g++
+    dh-autoreconf
+    libncurses-dev
+
   setup.sh will install
     biobambam
     bwa (v0.7.7)
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 4d65e32..5cb9fa6 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ WriteMakefile(
                      'File::Which' => 0.05,
                      'List::Util' => 1.38,
                      'Proc::ProcessTable' => 0.50,
-                     'Data::UUID' => 0,
+                     'Data::UUID' => 1.219,
+                     'Test::Fatal' => 0.013,
                    }
 );
 
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index ed19dca..6d779ba 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ done_message () {
         fi
     else
         echo " failed.  See setup.log file for error messages." $2
+        echo "    Please check INSTALL file for items that should be installed by a package manager"
         exit 1
     fi
 }
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ cd $SETUP_DIR;
 if [[ ",$COMPILE," == *,bwa,* ]] ; then
   echo -n "Building BWA ..."
   if [ -e $SETUP_DIR/bwa.success ]; then
-    echo "previously installed"
+    echo -n " previously installed ..."
   else
     (
       set -e;
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ fi
 if [[ ",$COMPILE," == *,biobambam,* ]] ; then
   echo -n "Building snappy ..."
   if [ -e $SETUP_DIR/snappy.success ]; then
-    echo "previously installed"
+    echo -n " previously installed ..."
   else
     (
       set -e;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ if [[ ",$COMPILE," == *,biobambam,* ]] ; then
 
   echo -n "Building io_lib ..."
   if [ -e $SETUP_DIR/io_lib.success ]; then
-    echo "previously installed"
+    echo -n " previously installed ... "
   else
     (
     set -e;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ if [[ ",$COMPILE," == *,biobambam,* ]] ; then
 
   echo -n "Building libmaus ..."
   if [ -e $SETUP_DIR/libmaus.success ]; then
-    echo "previously installed"
+    echo -n " previously installed ..."
   else
     (
       set -e;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ if [[ ",$COMPILE," == *,biobambam,* ]] ; then
 
   echo -n "Building biobambam ..."
   if [ -e $SETUP_DIR/biobambam.success ]; then
-    echo "previously installed"
+    echo -n "previously installed ..."
   else
     (
       set -e;