diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 85cc62c..83a70d0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -26,9 +26,18 @@ Depends: ${python3:Depends},
          python3-cherrypy3,
          python3-paho-mqtt,
          python3-psutil,
-         python3-jwt
+         python3-jwt,
+         python3-pip,
+         python3-rrdtool,
+         libffi-dev,
+         jq
+Recommends: python3-periphery,
+            python3-spidev
 Description: PyMC Repeater Daemon
  A mesh networking repeater daemon for LoRa devices.
  .
  This package provides the pymc-repeater service for managing
  mesh network repeater functionality with a web interface.
+ .
+ Note: This package will install pymc_core, cherrypy-cors, and ws4py
+ from PyPI during postinst as they are not available in Debian repos.
diff --git a/debian/pymc-repeater.postinst b/debian/pymc-repeater.postinst
index 0b59d96..dc4f967 100755
--- a/debian/pymc-repeater.postinst
+++ b/debian/pymc-repeater.postinst
@@ -35,8 +35,19 @@ case "$1" in
 
         # Install pymc_core from PyPI if not already installed
         if ! python3 -c "import pymc_core" 2>/dev/null; then
-            echo "Installing pymc_core dependency from PyPI..."
-            python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages 'pymc_core[hardware]' || true
+            echo "Installing pymc_core[hardware] from PyPI..."
+            python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages 'pymc_core[hardware]>=1.0.7' || true
+        fi
+        
+        # Install packages not available in Debian repos
+        if ! python3 -c "import cherrypy_cors" 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Installing cherrypy-cors from PyPI..."
+            python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages 'cherrypy-cors==1.7.0' || true
+        fi
+        
+        if ! python3 -c "import ws4py" 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Installing ws4py from PyPI..."
+            python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages 'ws4py>=0.5.1' || true
         fi
         ;;
 esac