diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f33b9f..f876b78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Linters can be run sooner (before installation)
 - Better messages when an error occurs while parsing the config file
 - Start converting the code to static types
+- Add more information about the dependencies in the documentation
 
 ### Fixed
 - Removed the lasting lint errors (i.e. in main.py)
diff --git a/docs/developers.md b/docs/developers.md
index d8acd9f..8fcceb9 100644
--- a/docs/developers.md
+++ b/docs/developers.md
@@ -2,6 +2,40 @@
 
 ## Requirements
 
+Diffuse depends on these projects:
+* Python 3.8+
+* PyPi
+* Cairo and GObject Introspection development headers
+* Meson
+* Flatpak and Flatpak builder
+
+### Install the distribution dependencies
+
+It's a bit difficult to get the command lines for all the distributions and
+their releases, but it should be enough to find the packages on other
+distributions.
+
+<details>
+    <summary>Debian/Ubuntu</summary>
+
+```sh
+sudo apt install python3-pip libcairo2-dev libgirepository1.0-dev meson flatpak flatpak-builder
+```
+
+_Note: Tested on Debian 11 (Buster) and Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)_
+</details>
+<details>
+    <summary>Fedora</summary>
+
+```sh
+sudo dnf install python-pip python3-cairo-devel python3-gobject-devel meson flatpak flatpak-builder
+```
+
+_Note: Tested on Fedora 34_
+</details>
+
+### Install the project dependencies
+
 To install the requirements just to execute the binary, run:
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/src/diffuse/preferences.py b/src/diffuse/preferences.py
index bc16152..4b0553e 100644
--- a/src/diffuse/preferences.py
+++ b/src/diffuse/preferences.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import shlex
 import sys
 
 from gettext import gettext as _
+from typing import List
 
 from diffuse import constants
 from diffuse import utils
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ class Preferences:
     def getEncodings(self):
         return self.encodings
 
-    def _getDefaultEncodings(self) -> list[str]:
+    def _getDefaultEncodings(self) -> List[str]:
         return self.string_prefs['encoding_auto_detect_codecs'].split()
 
     def getDefaultEncoding(self) -> str:
diff --git a/src/diffuse/utils.py b/src/diffuse/utils.py
index d4ba21e..9d71012 100644
--- a/src/diffuse/utils.py
+++ b/src/diffuse/utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from enum import IntFlag
 from gettext import gettext as _
-from typing import Final, Optional, TextIO
+from typing import Final, List, Optional, TextIO
 
 from diffuse import constants
 from diffuse.resources import theResources
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def logErrorAndDialog(msg: str, parent: Gtk.Widget = None) -> None:
     dialog.destroy()
 
 
-def make_subdirs(p: str, ss: list[str]) -> str:
+def make_subdirs(p: str, ss: List[str]) -> str:
     '''Create nested subdirectories and return the complete path.'''
     for s in ss:
         p = os.path.join(p, s)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def strip_eol(s: str) -> str:
     return s
 
 
-def _strip_eols(ss: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+def _strip_eols(ss: List[str]) -> List[str]:
     '''Returns the list of strings without line ending characters.'''
     return [strip_eol(s) for s in ss]
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def popenReadLines(dn, cmd, prefs, bash_pref, success_results=None):
         dn, cmd, prefs, bash_pref, success_results).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')))
 
 
-def readconfiglines(fd: TextIO) -> list[str]:
+def readconfiglines(fd: TextIO) -> List[str]:
     return fd.read().replace('\r', '').split('\n')
 
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def globEscape(s: str) -> str:
 
 
 # split string into lines based upon DOS, Mac, and Unix line endings
-def splitlines(text: str) -> list[str]:
+def splitlines(text: str) -> List[str]:
     # split on new line characters
     temp, i, n = [], 0, len(text)
     while i < n:
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def splitlines(text: str) -> list[str]:
 
 
 # also recognize old Mac OS line endings
-def readlines(fd: TextIO) -> list[str]:
+def readlines(fd: TextIO) -> List[str]:
     return _strip_eols(splitlines(fd.read()))
 
 
diff --git a/src/diffuse/vcs/svk.py b/src/diffuse/vcs/svk.py
index bb3f670..bd8dfe5 100644
--- a/src/diffuse/vcs/svk.py
+++ b/src/diffuse/vcs/svk.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import os
 
+from typing import Tuple
+
 from diffuse import utils
 from diffuse.vcs.svn import Svn
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ class Svk(Svn):
         return 'Depot Path: '
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _parseStatusLine(s: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    def _parseStatusLine(s: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
         if len(s) < 4 or s[0] not in 'ACDMR':
             return '', ''
         return s[0], s[4:]
diff --git a/src/diffuse/vcs/svn.py b/src/diffuse/vcs/svn.py
index 45cfda2..fc14a56 100644
--- a/src/diffuse/vcs/svn.py
+++ b/src/diffuse/vcs/svn.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import os
 import glob
 
 from gettext import gettext as _
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 from diffuse import utils
 from diffuse.vcs.folder_set import FolderSet
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Svn(VcsInterface):
         return 'URL: '
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _parseStatusLine(s: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    def _parseStatusLine(s: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
         if len(s) < 8 or s[0] not in 'ACDMR':
             return '', ''
         # subversion 1.6 adds a new column
diff --git a/src/diffuse/vcs/vcs_registry.py b/src/diffuse/vcs/vcs_registry.py
index 7232bbe..380c44a 100644
--- a/src/diffuse/vcs/vcs_registry.py
+++ b/src/diffuse/vcs/vcs_registry.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import os
 
 from gettext import gettext as _
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from diffuse import utils
 from diffuse.preferences import Preferences
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def _get_darcs_repo(path: str, prefs: Preferences) -> Optional[VcsInterface]:
 def _get_git_repo(path: str, prefs: Preferences) -> Optional[VcsInterface]:
     if 'GIT_DIR' in os.environ:
         try:
-            ss: list[str] = utils.popenReadLines(
+            ss: List[str] = utils.popenReadLines(
                 path,
                 [
                     prefs.getString('git_bin'),
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def _get_svk_repo(path: str, prefs: Preferences) -> Optional[VcsInterface]:
         try:
             # find working copies by parsing the config file
             with open(svkconfig, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-                ss: list[str] = utils.readlines(f)
+                ss: List[str] = utils.readlines(f)
             projs, sep = [], os.sep
             # find the separator character
             for s in ss: