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@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ Debian
 -------
 
 First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
-distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
+distribution are installed, these are
+
+::
+
+for Debian and Ubuntu  <= 11.10 :
 
 ::
 
@@ -16,6 +20,14 @@ distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
         libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
         libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev
 
+for Ubuntu >= 12.04 (please read the 'Berkely DB version warning' below):
+
+::
+
+    apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
+        libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
+        libssl-dev libdb++-dev libminiupnpc-dev
+
 then execute the following:
 
 ::
@@ -70,6 +82,42 @@ Mac OS X
 Build configuration options
 ============================
 
+LevelDB transaction index
+--------------------------
+
+To use LevelDB for transaction index, pass the following argument to qmake:
+
+::
+
+    qmake "USE_LEVELDB=1"
+
+No additional external dependencies are required. If you're running this on your current sources tree then don't forget tu run
+
+::
+
+    make distclean
+
+prior to running qmake.
+
+Assembler implementation of scrypt hashing
+------------------------------------------
+
+To use optimized scrypt implementation instead of generic scrypt module, pass the following argument to qmake:
+
+::
+
+    qmake "USE_ASM=1"
+
+
+If you're using clang compiler then you need to unroll macroses before compiling. Following commands will do this for you:
+
+::
+
+    cd src/
+    ../contrib/clang/nomacro.pl
+
+No additional external dependencies required. Note that only x86, x86_64 and ARM processors are supported.
+
 UPNnP port forwarding
 ---------------------
 
@@ -123,17 +171,13 @@ Berkely DB version warning
 
 A warning for people using the *static binary* version of Novacoin on a Linux/UNIX-ish system (tl;dr: **Berkely DB databases are not forward compatible**).
 
-The static binary version of Novacoin is linked against libdb4.8 (see also `this Debian issue`_).
+The static binary version of Novacoin is linked against libdb5.3.
 
-Now the nasty thing is that databases from 5.X are not compatible with 4.X.
-
-If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, any source you
+If the globally installed development package of Berkely DB installed on your system is 5.X, for example, any source you
 build yourself will be linked against that. The first time you run with a 5.X version the database will be upgraded,
 and 4.X cannot open the new format. This means that you cannot go back to the old statically linked version without
 significant hassle!
 
-.. _`this Debian issue`: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621425
-
 Ubuntu 11.10 warning
 ====================