diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 763487d..fbb8c52 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'zathuradoc'
 # -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------
 
 man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'zathura', 'zathura Documentation', ['pwmt.org'], 1)
+    ('manpage', 'zathura', 'a document viewer', ['pwmt.org'], 1)
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 025df07..3b090a6 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ Welcome to zathura's documentation!
   api/index
   faq
 
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`
+.. toctree::
+  :hidden:
 
+  manpage
diff --git a/doc/installation/index.rst b/doc/installation/index.rst
index 11e4437..a0f9a9d 100644
--- a/doc/installation/index.rst
+++ b/doc/installation/index.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,87 @@
 Installation
 ============
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+The core of zathura depends on two external libraries,
+`girara </projects/girara/>`_, our simplistic user interface library and
+`GTK+ <http://www.gtk.org/>`_, a cross-platform widget toolkit.
+Depending on which filetypes should be supported you are going to need
+additional libraries to build those file type plugins.
+
+Core dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  `girara </projects/girara/>`_, our simplistic user interface library
+   (>= 0.1.8)
+-  `GTK+ <http://www.gtk.org/>`_, a cross-platform widget toolkit (>=
+   2.28)
+
+Optional and build dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  `sqlite3 <https://www.sqlite.org/>`_, a SQL database engine
+-  `intltool <https://launchpad.net/intltool>`_, utility scripts for
+   internationalization
+-  `check <http://check.sourceforge.net/>`_, a unit testing framework
+   for C
+-  libmagic from `file <http://www.darwinsys.com/file/>`_, a file type
+   guesser
+-  `docutils <http://docutils.sourceforge.net>`_, documentation
+   utilities
+
+Stable version
+--------------
+
+Since zathura packages are available in many distributions it is
+recommended to install it from there with your prefered package manager.
+Otherwise you can grab the latest version of the source code from our
+website and build it by hand:
+
+::
+
+    $ tar xfv zathura-<version>.tar.gz
+    $ cd zathura-<version>
+    $ make
+    $ make install
+
+Known supported distributions
+-----------------------------
+
+-  `Arch
+   Linux <http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/zathura>`_
+-  `Debian <http://packages.debian.org/en/sid/zathura>`_
+-  `Fedora <http://pkgs.org/fedora-rawhide/fedora-i386/zathura-0.0.8.5.fc17.i686.rpm.html>`_
+-  `Gentoo <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-text/zathura>`_
+-  `Ubuntu <http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/zathura>`_
+-  `OpenBSD <http://openports.se/textproc/zathura>`_
+
+Developer version
+-----------------
+
+If you are interested in testing the very latest versions with all its
+new features, that we are working on, type in the following commands. At
+first you have to install the latest version of girara:
+
+::
+
+    $ git clone git://pwmt.org/girara.git
+    $ cd girara
+    $ git checkout --track -b develop origin/develop
+    $ make
+    $ make install
+
+After the successful installation of the user interface library, grab
+the latest version of zathura and install it:
+
+::
+
+    $ git clone git://pwmt.org/zathura.git
+    $ cd zathura
+    $ git checkout --track -b develop origin/develop
+    $ make
+    $ make install
+
+For the installation of a file type plugin check the
+`plugins <../plugins>`_ section.
diff --git a/doc/manpage.rst b/doc/manpage.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90235c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manpage.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Manpage
+=======
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+See Also
+--------
+:manpage:`zathurarc(5)`