--- a/doc/web/source/download.rst	Wed Oct 03 12:51:35 2012 +0000
+++ b/doc/web/source/download.rst	Fri Oct 19 15:27:28 2012 +0000
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 create the new directory :file:`vmm-0.6.1` in the current working directory.
 
 Verify the downloaded archive
------------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 If you have downloaded the archive from the download site you can
 optionally verify the integrity_ of this archive.
 In order to verify the integrity of the archive you have to download the
@@ -37,5 +37,25 @@
 When you omit the ``-r vmm-0.6.1`` option, you will get the latest changes
 from the `vmm repository`_. This code may work for you or not.
 
+Get vmm from the Git repository
+-------------------------------
+The Debian project is hosting the `Git repository of vmm
+<http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/vmm.git>`_.
+The *upstream* branch is a mirror of the Mercurial *default* branch.
+The *master* branch is for Debian packaging.
+In order to clone the *upstream* branch use:
+``git clone --branch upstream git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/vmm.git``
+
+Packages
+--------
+Debian
+^^^^^^
+Since Debian Wheezy vmm is also `available <http://packages.debian.org/vmm>`_
+in the Debian package repository.
+The vmm package is `maintained <http://packages.qa.debian.org/v/vmm.html>`_
+by Martin F. Krafft.
+Take a look at the file :file:`/usr/share/doc/vmm/README.Debian` for Debian
+specific modifications.
+
 .. include:: substitutions.rst
 .. include:: ext_references.rst