diff --git a/pisi-install b/pisi-install
index da75d3ef..fcc9bed7 100755
--- a/pisi-install
+++ b/pisi-install
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def main():
     	package_fn = args[0]
 
     try:
-        ui.info('* Installing ' + package_fn)
+        ui.info('* Installing ' + package_fn + '\n')
         pisi.install.install(package_fn)
     except pisi.install.InstallError, estr:
         print '*** An installation error has occured:'
diff --git a/pisi/archive.py b/pisi/archive.py
index 372d82cb..2f0d7ea7 100644
--- a/pisi/archive.py
+++ b/pisi/archive.py
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class ArchiveZip(ArchiveBase):
     def unpack_dir(self, path, targetDir):
         self.unpack_file_cond(lambda f:util.subpath(path,f), targetDir)
 
+    def unpack_dir_flat(self, path, targetDir):
+        self.unpack_file_cond(lambda f:util.subpath(path,f), targetDir, path)
+
     def unpack(self, targetDir):
         self.unpack_file_cond(lambda f: True, targetDir)
         self.close()
diff --git a/pisi/dependency.py b/pisi/dependency.py
index fbdb433c..fb801df8 100644
--- a/pisi/dependency.py
+++ b/pisi/dependency.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def satisfiesInstallDeps(pkg):
     deps = installDeps(pkg)
     print 'installdeps = ', deps
     return reduce(lambda x,y:x and y,
-                  map(lambda x: satisfiesDep(pkg, x), deps))
+                  map(lambda x: satisfiesDep(pkg, x), deps),True)
 
 def runtimeDeps(pkg):
     return packagedb.get_package(pkg).runtimeDeps
@@ -35,14 +35,17 @@ def satisfiesRuntimeDeps(pkg):
     deps = runtimeDeps(pkg)
     print 'runtimedeps = ', deps
     return reduce(lambda x,y:x and y,
-                  map(lambda x: satisfiesDep(pkg, x), deps))
+                  map(lambda x: satisfiesDep(pkg, x), deps),True)
 
 def installable(pkg):
     """calculate if pkg is installable currently 
     which means it has to satisfy both install and runtime dependencies"""
     if not packagedb.has_package(pkg):
-        ui.info("package " + pkg +
-                " is not installable due to lacking dependencies\n");
+        ui.info("package " + pkg + " is not present in the package database\n");
+        return False
+    elif not satisfiesRuntimeDeps(pkg) and satisfiesInstallDeps(pkg):
+        ui.info("package " + pkg + " does not satisfy dependencies\n");
         return False
     else:
-        return satisfiesRuntimeDeps(pkg) and satisfiesInstallDeps(pkg)
+        return True
+
diff --git a/pisi/install.py b/pisi/install.py
index bc2b324a..076df6b1 100644
--- a/pisi/install.py
+++ b/pisi/install.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ def install(package_fn):
     package = Package(package_fn, 'r')
     # extract control files
     util.clean_dir(config.install_dir())
-    ui.info('extracting files\n')
     package.extract_PISI_files(config.install_dir())
 
     # verify package
@@ -46,7 +45,8 @@ def install(package_fn):
         raise InstallError("Package not installable")
 
     # unzip package in place
-    package.extract_dir_flat(config.destdir)
+    ui.info('Extracting files\n')
+    package.extract_dir_flat('install', config.destdir)
     
     # update databases
 
diff --git a/pisi/installdb.py b/pisi/installdb.py
index 8b5befdd..7aa96f83 100644
--- a/pisi/installdb.py
+++ b/pisi/installdb.py
@@ -16,16 +16,19 @@ class InstallDBError(Exception):
     pass
 
 def files_name(pkg, version, release):
-    return files_dir + '/' + pkg + '-' + version + '-' + release + '.xml'
+    return str(files_dir + '/' + pkg + '-' + version + '-' + release + '.xml')
 
 def files(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     (status, version, release) = d[pkg]
     return file(files_name(pkg,version,release))
 
 def is_recorded(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     return d.has_key(pkg)
 
 def is_installed(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     if is_recorded(pkg):
         (status, version, release) = d[pkg]
         return status=='i'
@@ -33,10 +36,12 @@ def is_installed(pkg):
         return False
 
 def get_version(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     (status, version, release) = d[pkg]
     return (version, release)
 
 def is_removed(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     if is_recorded(pkg):
         (status, version, release) = d[pkg]
         return status=='r'
@@ -45,16 +50,19 @@ def is_removed(pkg):
 
 def install(pkg, version, release, files_xml):
     """install package with specific version and release"""
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     if is_installed(pkg):
         raise InstallDBError("already installed")
     d[pkg] = ('i', version, release)
     util.copy_file(files_xml, files_name(pkg, version, release))
                    
 def remove(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     (status, version, release) = d[pkg]
     d[pkg] = ('r', version, release)
 
 def purge(pkg):
+    pkg = str(pkg)
     if d.has_key(pkg):
         (status, version, release) = d[pkg]
         f = files_name(pkg, version, release)