diff --git a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Usage.txt b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Usage.txt
index b1a21d4c121..38d2b257697 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Usage.txt
+++ b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/Usage.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ On most operating systems, package managers offer \cgal and its essential third
On macOS, we recommend using of Homebrew in the following way:
brew install cgal
+ brew install cgal-qt5 #(only for GUI)
+
+You should check that cgal and cgal-qt5 are correctly "linked", especially when upgrading from an old version. If not, run the following command:
+
+ brew link cgal
+ brew link cgal-qt5 #(if you installed it)
On Linux distributions such as `Debian`/`Ubuntu`/`Mint`, use `apt-get` in the following way:
@@ -148,10 +154,14 @@ The variable `CGAL_DIR` is also generally found when \cgal has been obtained via
In the rare event that it has not, the variable `CGAL_DIR` should be set manually to:
-- something like `/usr/local/Cellar/cgal/CGAL-\cgalReleaseNumber/lib/cmake/CGAL`, for Brew.
+- something like `/usr/local/opt/cgal/lib/cmake/CGAL`, for Brew.
- something like `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/CGAL`, for Linux distributions.
+Note that you can also use `CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH` to point to a directory that contains all dependencies, like so:
+
+ cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/my/custom/brew/installation/dir -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
+
If \cgal has been obtained via other means, `CGAL_DIR` must point to the root directory
of the \cgal source code (either the root of the unpacked release tarball or the root
of the Git working directory).
@@ -162,6 +172,13 @@ if no debugging is intended. Users should thus run:
cd CGAL-\cgalReleaseNumber/examples/Triangulation_2
cmake -DCGAL_DIR=$HOME/CGAL-\cgalReleaseNumber -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release . # we are here using a release tarball
+Note that the package Qt on brew is "keg-only", which means it cannot be "linked" with brew.
+You will have to specify the Qt5_DIR by hand to cmake, using something like
+
+ -DQt5_DIR=/usr/local/opt/qt/lib/cmake/Qt5
+
+where '/usr/local/` is actually your current brew installation directory.
+
\subsection usage_configuring_cmake_gui Specifying Missing Dependencies
The configuration process launched above might fail if CMake fails to find
diff --git a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt
index ca37e021001..c123b537496 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt
+++ b/Documentation/doc/Documentation/windows.txt
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ The first step is to clone or download `vcpkg` from
By default `vcpkg` installs for 32 bit binaries and will use the latest version of Visual C++
installed on your machine. If you develop 64 bit software you must
-set the Windows environment variable `VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLE` to `x64-windows`
-or pass the option `--triplet x64-windows` whenever you install a package.
+set the Windows environment variable `VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET` to `x64-windows`
+or add the suffix `:x64-windows` to the package name you want to install (for example `cgal:x64-windows`).
We refer to the
official documentation
of `vcpkg` if you want to compile for an older version of a compiler.