diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28f458d..2a6027a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # required libraries: vxl, opencv, boost, gtkmm
 
-VXLDIR = /opt
+VXLDIR = /usr
 VERSION = opengazer-0.1.2
 CPPFLAGS = -Wall -g -O3
 LINKER = -L$(VXLDIR)/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lm -ldl -lvnl -lmvl -lvnl_algo -lvgl -lgthread-2.0 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 95a74d9..3c4c2a6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ Requirements:
 Under Debian testing:
 
   # apt-get install libcv-dev libhighgui-dev libcvaux-dev \
-    	    	    libgtkmm-2.4-dev libcairomm-1.0-dev libboost-dev
-
-  (vxl must be installed from the source)		    
-  Important: in vxl's ccmake, set BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to ON.
+    	    	    libgtkmm-2.4-dev libcairomm-1.0-dev libboost-dev libvxl1-dev libopencv-dev
 
 Compilation: