diff --git a/setup/dkim.sh b/setup/dkim.sh
index 1c42e076..2e1632f1 100755
--- a/setup/dkim.sh
+++ b/setup/dkim.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ source setup/functions.sh # load our functions
 source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 
 # Install DKIM...
+echo Installing OpenDKIM/OpenDMARC...
 apt_install opendkim opendkim-tools opendmarc
 
 # Make sure configuration directories exist.
diff --git a/setup/dns.sh b/setup/dns.sh
index cbd5be8a..996c72f2 100755
--- a/setup/dns.sh
+++ b/setup/dns.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 # * nsd: The non-recursive nameserver that publishes our DNS records.
 # * ldnsutils: Helper utilities for signing DNSSEC zones.
 # * openssh-client: Provides ssh-keyscan which we use to create SSHFP records.
-
+echo "Installing nsd (DNS server)..."
 apt_install nsd ldnsutils openssh-client
 
 # Prepare nsd's configuration.
diff --git a/setup/functions.sh b/setup/functions.sh
index 7482b2b9..947aa5ab 100644
--- a/setup/functions.sh
+++ b/setup/functions.sh
@@ -39,32 +39,12 @@ function apt_get_quiet {
 }
 
 function apt_install {
-	# Report any packages already installed.
+	# Install a bunch of packages. We used to report which packages were already
+	# installed and which needed installing, before just running an 'apt-get
+	# install' for all of the packages.  Calling `dpkg` on each package is slow,
+	# and doesn't affect what we actually do, except in the messages, so let's
+	# not do that anymore.
 	PACKAGES=$@
-	TO_INSTALL=""
-	ALREADY_INSTALLED=""
-	for pkg in $PACKAGES; do
-		if dpkg -s $pkg 2>/dev/null | grep "^Status: install ok installed" > /dev/null; then
-			if [[ ! -z "$ALREADY_INSTALLED" ]]; then ALREADY_INSTALLED="$ALREADY_INSTALLED, "; fi
-			ALREADY_INSTALLED="$ALREADY_INSTALLED$pkg (`dpkg -s $pkg | grep ^Version: | sed -e 's/.*: //'`)"
-		else
-			TO_INSTALL="$TO_INSTALL""$pkg "
-		fi
-	done
-
-	# List the packages already installed.
-	if [[ ! -z "$ALREADY_INSTALLED" ]]; then
-		echo already installed: $ALREADY_INSTALLED
-	fi
-
-	# List the packages about to be installed.
-	if [[ ! -z "$TO_INSTALL" ]]; then
-		echo installing $TO_INSTALL...
-	fi
-
-	# We still include the whole original package list in the apt-get command in
-	# case it wants to upgrade anything, I guess? Maybe we can remove it. Doesn't normally make
-	# a difference.
 	apt_get_quiet install $PACKAGES
 }
 
diff --git a/setup/mail-dovecot.sh b/setup/mail-dovecot.sh
index 4b681765..1e354b28 100755
--- a/setup/mail-dovecot.sh
+++ b/setup/mail-dovecot.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 # but dovecot-lucene is packaged by *us* in the Mail-in-a-Box PPA,
 # not by Ubuntu.
 
+echo "Installing Dovecot (IMAP server)..."
 apt_install \
 	dovecot-core dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d dovecot-lmtpd dovecot-sqlite sqlite3 \
 	dovecot-sieve dovecot-managesieved dovecot-lucene
diff --git a/setup/mail-postfix.sh b/setup/mail-postfix.sh
index 23a0b011..6124d64e 100755
--- a/setup/mail-postfix.sh
+++ b/setup/mail-postfix.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 # > infrastructure and every commercial vendor of dnswl.org data (eg through
 # > anti-spam solutions) must register with dnswl.org and purchase a subscription.
 
+echo "Installing Postfix (SMTP server)..."
 apt_install postfix postfix-pcre postgrey ca-certificates
 
 # ### Basic Settings
diff --git a/setup/management.sh b/setup/management.sh
index 3df2c72e..14a51371 100755
--- a/setup/management.sh
+++ b/setup/management.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 source setup/functions.sh
 
+echo "Installing Mail-in-a-Box system management daemon..."
+
 # build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev: Required to pip install cryptography.
 apt_install python3-flask links duplicity libyaml-dev python3-dnspython python3-dateutil \
 	build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev python-pip
diff --git a/setup/munin.sh b/setup/munin.sh
index 87922ca6..f936e8e7 100755
--- a/setup/munin.sh
+++ b/setup/munin.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ source setup/functions.sh # load our functions
 source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 
 # install Munin
+echo "Installing Munin (system monitoring)..."
 apt_install munin munin-node
 
 # edit config
diff --git a/setup/owncloud.sh b/setup/owncloud.sh
index fddbb8c7..28665813 100755
--- a/setup/owncloud.sh
+++ b/setup/owncloud.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 
 # ### Installing ownCloud
 
+echo "Installing ownCloud (contacts/calendar)..."
+
 apt_install \
 	dbconfig-common \
 	php5-cli php5-sqlite php5-gd php5-imap php5-curl php-pear php-apc curl libapr1 libtool libcurl4-openssl-dev php-xml-parser \
@@ -35,7 +37,6 @@ if [ ! -d /usr/local/lib/owncloud/ ] \
 	|| ! grep -q $owncloud_ver /usr/local/lib/owncloud/version.php; then
 
 	# Download and verify
-	echo "installing ownCloud..."
 	wget_verify https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-$owncloud_ver.zip $owncloud_hash /tmp/owncloud.zip
 
 	# Clear out the existing ownCloud.
diff --git a/setup/spamassassin.sh b/setup/spamassassin.sh
index b6aaa67e..f72f606d 100755
--- a/setup/spamassassin.sh
+++ b/setup/spamassassin.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ source setup/functions.sh # load our functions
 # ----------------------------------------
 
 # Install packages.
+echo "Installing SpamAssassin..."
 apt_install spampd razor pyzor dovecot-antispam
 
 # Allow spamassassin to download new rules.
diff --git a/setup/ssl.sh b/setup/ssl.sh
index 756c5305..a604672d 100755
--- a/setup/ssl.sh
+++ b/setup/ssl.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 source setup/functions.sh # load our functions
 source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 
+echo "Creating initial SSL certificate and perfect forward secrecy Diffie-Hellman parameters..."
 apt_install openssl
 
 mkdir -p $STORAGE_ROOT/ssl
diff --git a/setup/system.sh b/setup/system.sh
index 2d929f9d..b23098ce 100755
--- a/setup/system.sh
+++ b/setup/system.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ apt_get_quiet upgrade
 # * coreutils: includes `nproc` tool to report number of processors, mktemp
 # * bc: allows us to do math to compute sane defaults
 
+echo Installing system packages...
 apt_install python3 python3-dev python3-pip \
 	netcat-openbsd wget curl git sudo coreutils bc \
 	haveged unattended-upgrades cron ntp fail2ban
diff --git a/setup/web.sh b/setup/web.sh
index 6c0e9a48..ff7d78b4 100755
--- a/setup/web.sh
+++ b/setup/web.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ fi
 #
 # Turn off nginx's default website.
 
+echo "Installing Nginx (web server)..."
 apt_install nginx php5-fpm
 
 rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
diff --git a/setup/webmail.sh b/setup/webmail.sh
index b180ce8f..3f258829 100755
--- a/setup/webmail.sh
+++ b/setup/webmail.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 # and then we'll manually install roundcube from source.
 
 # These dependencies are from `apt-cache showpkg roundcube-core`.
+echo "Installing Roundcube (webmail)..."
 apt_install \
 	dbconfig-common \
 	php5 php5-sqlite php5-mcrypt php5-intl php5-json php5-common php-auth php-net-smtp php-net-socket php-net-sieve php-mail-mime php-mail-mimedecode php-crypt-gpg php5-gd php5-pspell \
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ elif [[ "$UPDATE_KEY" != `cat /usr/local/lib/roundcubemail/version` ]]; then
 fi
 if [ $needs_update == 1 ]; then
 	# install roundcube
-	echo installing Roundcube webmail $VERSION...
 	wget_verify \
 		https://mailinabox.email/mirror/roundcubemail-$VERSION.tar.gz \
 		$HASH \
diff --git a/setup/zpush.sh b/setup/zpush.sh
index 3b5d0bdf..1acc0897 100755
--- a/setup/zpush.sh
+++ b/setup/zpush.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ source /etc/mailinabox.conf # load global vars
 
 # Prereqs.
 
+echo "Installing Z-Push (Exchange/ActiveSync server)..."
 apt_install \
 	php-soap php5-imap libawl-php php5-xsl
 
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ elif [[ $TARGETHASH != `cat /usr/local/lib/z-push/version` ]]; then
 	needs_update=1 #NODOC
 fi
 if [ $needs_update == 1 ]; then
-	echo installing z-push \(fmbiete fork\)...
 	git_clone https://github.com/fmbiete/Z-Push-contrib $TARGETHASH '' /usr/local/lib/z-push
 	rm -f /usr/sbin/z-push-{admin,top}
 	ln -s /usr/local/lib/z-push/z-push-admin.php /usr/sbin/z-push-admin