diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.debian.md b/docs/INSTALL.debian.md
index 4d1dcb0..fcb82a8 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.debian.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.debian.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Install ElasticSearch:
 
 ~~~
-sudo apt-get openjdk-7-jre-headless
+sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless
 wget -qO - https://packages.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
 echo "deb http://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/1.7/debian stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elasticsearch-1.7.list
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@
 Check out a copy of Pony Mail:
 ~~~
 cd /var/www
-git clone https://github.com/Humbedooh/ponymail.git
+sudo git clone https://github.com/Humbedooh/ponymail.git
 ~~~
 
 Start up ElasticSearch:
 
 ~~~
-service elasticsearch start
+sudo service elasticsearch start
 ~~~
 
 Set up Pony Mail:
 ~~~
 cd /var/www/ponymail/tools
-python3 setup.py
+sudo python3 setup.py
 [... answer questions asked by the setup script ...]
 ~~~
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 Enable mod_lua and start apache:
 
 ~~~
-a2enmod lua
-service apache start
+sudo a2enmod lua
+sudo service apache start
 ~~~
 
 Once this is done, you should now have a *working copy* of Pony Mail!
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@
 
 Refer to the [General installation documentation](INSTALLING.md) for
 detailed information about archiving messages, OAuth, mail settings and
-much more.
\ No newline at end of file
+much more.