diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 79b7162..afc60ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *.note
 *.xcf
 /nohup.out
-/*-old
+*-old
 /*.yml
 /pylintrc
 .venv/*
diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 0d119f0..167691c 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Clone the repository and enter it.
 
 To avoid cluttering your system, consider using a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html).
 
-Your system needs several packages installed. On Alpine, this can be done with
+Your system needs several packages installed. For supported distributions, this can be done with e.g.
 
 ```console
-	sh ./dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
+	sh ./install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
 ```
 
 For other distros, try to find the equivalents of the packages listed or simply check your error output.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f299ee4..1a0562e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Your CPU should have a single core passmark score of at the very least 1500. Whe
 
 ### PyPI
 
-You can download the included script `install_alpine.sh` and run it with
+You can download one of the included scripts in the `install` folder and run it with e.g.
 
 ```console
 	sh install_alpine.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ You can also simply call the install command
 	pip install malojaserver
 ```
 
-directly (e.g. if you're not on Alpine) - make sure you have all the system packages installed.
+directly - make sure you have all the system packages installed.
 
 ### From Source
 
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ Clone this repository and enter the directory with
 	cd maloja
 ```
 
-Then install all the requirements and build the package:
+Then install all the requirements and build the package, e.g.:
 
 ```console
-	sh ./install/install_dependencies.sh
+	sh ./install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
 	pip install -r requirements.txt
 	pip install .
 ```
diff --git a/dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh b/dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d6f320..0000000
--- a/dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apk add \
-	gcc g++ python3-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev libc-dev py3-pip linux-headers \
-	python3 tzdata \
-	vips
diff --git a/dev/templates/dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja b/dev/templates/dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja
deleted file mode 100644
index 8824fbb..0000000
--- a/dev/templates/dev/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apk add \
-	{{ tool.osreqs.alpine.build | join(' ') }} \
-	{{ tool.osreqs.alpine.run | join(' ') }} \
-	{{ tool.osreqs.alpine.opt | join(' ') }}
diff --git a/dev/templates/install/install_alpine.sh.jinja b/dev/templates/install/install_alpine.sh.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..021ebc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/templates/install/install_alpine.sh.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{% include 'install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja' %}
+apk add py3-pip
+pip install wheel
+pip install malojaserver
diff --git a/dev/templates/install/install_debian.sh.jinja b/dev/templates/install/install_debian.sh.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd3f903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/templates/install/install_debian.sh.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{% include 'install/install_dependencies_debian.sh.jinja' %}
+apt install python3-pip
+pip install wheel
+pip install malojaserver
diff --git a/dev/templates/install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja b/dev/templates/install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..862d63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/templates/install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+apk update
+apk add \
+	{{ (tool.osreqs.alpine.build + tool.osreqs.alpine.run + tool.osreqs.alpine.opt) | join(' \\\n\t') }}
diff --git a/dev/templates/install/install_dependencies_debian.sh.jinja b/dev/templates/install/install_dependencies_debian.sh.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b840935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/templates/install/install_dependencies_debian.sh.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+apt update
+apt install \
+	{{ (tool.osreqs.debian.build + tool.osreqs.debian.run + tool.osreqs.debian.opt) | join(' \\\n\t') }}
diff --git a/dev/templates/install_alpine.sh.jinja b/dev/templates/install_alpine.sh.jinja
deleted file mode 100644
index ce07a61..0000000
--- a/dev/templates/install_alpine.sh.jinja
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-apk add \
-	{{ tool.osreqs.alpine.build | join(' \\\n\t') }} \
-	{{ tool.osreqs.alpine.run | join(' \\\n\t') }} \
-	{{ tool.osreqs.alpine.opt | join(' \\\n\t') }}
-pip3 install wheel
-pip3 install malojaserver
diff --git a/dev/update_dist_files.py b/dev/update_dist_files.py
index adf941e..0bd6c8e 100644
--- a/dev/update_dist_files.py
+++ b/dev/update_dist_files.py
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import toml
 import os
 import jinja2
 
+env = jinja2.Environment(
+	loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader('dev/templates'),
+	autoescape=jinja2.select_autoescape(['html', 'xml']),
+	keep_trailing_newline=True
+)
+
 with open("pyproject.toml") as filed:
 	data = toml.load(filed)
 
@@ -9,20 +15,19 @@ templatedir = "./dev/templates"
 
 for root,dirs,files in os.walk(templatedir):
 
-	relpath = os.path.relpath(root,start=templatedir)
+	reldirpath = os.path.relpath(root,start=templatedir)
 	for f in files:
 
+		relfilepath = os.path.join(reldirpath,f)
+
 		if not f.endswith('.jinja'): continue
 
 		srcfile = os.path.join(root,f)
-		trgfile = os.path.join(relpath,f.replace(".jinja",""))
+		trgfile = os.path.join(reldirpath,f.replace(".jinja",""))
 
 
-		with open(srcfile) as templatefiled:
-			template = jinja2.Template(templatefiled.read())
-
+		template = env.get_template(relfilepath)
 		result = template.render(**data)
 
 		with open(trgfile,"w") as filed:
 			filed.write(result)
-			filed.write('\n')
diff --git a/install/install_alpine.sh b/install/install_alpine.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88b23c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/install_alpine.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+apk update
+apk add \
+	gcc \
+	g++ \
+	python3-dev \
+	libxml2-dev \
+	libxslt-dev \
+	libffi-dev \
+	libc-dev \
+	py3-pip \
+	linux-headers \
+	python3 \
+	tzdata \
+	vips
+
+apk add py3-pip
+pip install wheel
+pip install malojaserver
diff --git a/install/install_debian.sh b/install/install_debian.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3886e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/install_debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+apt update
+apt install \
+	python3-pip \
+	python3
+
+apt install python3-pip
+pip install wheel
+pip install malojaserver
diff --git a/install_alpine.sh b/install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
similarity index 69%
rename from install_alpine.sh
rename to install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
index 5c890e6..5a14d85 100644
--- a/install_alpine.sh
+++ b/install/install_dependencies_alpine.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+apk update
 apk add \
 	gcc \
 	g++ \
@@ -12,5 +13,3 @@ apk add \
 	python3 \
 	tzdata \
 	vips
-pip3 install wheel
-pip3 install malojaserver
diff --git a/install/install_dependencies_debian.sh b/install/install_dependencies_debian.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..776bb6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/install_dependencies_debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+apt update
+apt install \
+	python3-pip \
+	python3
diff --git a/install_ubuntu.sh b/install_ubuntu.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ff0bd66..0000000
--- a/install_ubuntu.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-apt update
-apt install python3 python3-pip
-pip3 install malojaserver
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ef519db..8754aa4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ run = [
 opt = [
 	"vips"
 ]
+
+[tool.osreqs.debian]
+build = [
+	"python3-pip"
+]
+run = [
+	"python3"
+]
+opt = []