diff --git a/handbook/troggle/make-essentialsREADME.txt b/handbook/troggle/make-essentialsREADME.txt
index 245395359..274101e7f 100644
--- a/handbook/troggle/make-essentialsREADME.txt
+++ b/handbook/troggle/make-essentialsREADME.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The master copy of this file is kept at :loser:/gpx/README
 To add a new GPS tracklog or waypoint file:
 
 0. Read the Handbook on this http://expo.survex.com/handbook/essentials.html
-which may be more up to date than this README
+on how to download essentials.gpx
 
 1. Download the .gpx file(s) from your GPS.  (On modern Garmin GPSes this is done
 by connecting the GPS using a USB cable and then copying the relevant files
diff --git a/handbook/troggle/scriptscurrent.html b/handbook/troggle/scriptscurrent.html
index aab3e3b4e..6509543b9 100644
--- a/handbook/troggle/scriptscurrent.html
+++ b/handbook/troggle/scriptscurrent.html
@@ -51,10 +51,39 @@ and reports on everything using "bigbro" which we don't have any other reference
 <p><pre><code>pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape bierbook.tex
 pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape seshbook.tex
 </code></pre>
+<p>
 Due to the way LaTeX works out table column witdths, these commands may need to be run several times until a stable output is produced.
-
+<p>
 The design of these files is intended to confine all changes year to year to the names.txt and dates.txt files, thanks to LaTeX's capability to read an external file and iterate through line by line performing the same action for each name.
 
+<p>Packages needed (LaTeX) are:
+<pre>
+geometry
+fancyhdr
+tikz
+booktabs
+tongtable
+multirow
+tocloft
+yfonts
+anyfontsize
+ifthen
+</pre>
+On Debian/Ubuntu install:
+<pre><code>sudo apt texlive-latex-extra</code></pre>
+and run
+<pre><code>make</code></pre>
+
+<p>Links to: 
+<ul>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/Makefile">Makefile</a>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/bierbook.tex">bierbook.tex</a>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/seshbook.tex">seshbook.tex</a>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/bierbook-style.sty">bierbook-style.sty</a>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/dates.txt">dates.txt</a>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/names.txt">names.txt</a>
+<li><a href="/documents/bierbook/readme.txt">readme.txt</a>
+</ul>
 
 <h4 id="gps">make_essentials.sh</h4>
 <p>In :loser:/gpx/