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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xue
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" =~ "linux" ]]; then
+    if which apt-get && which dpkg; then
+        # Debian or Ubuntu
+        apt-get install \
+            autoconf automake autopoint bash bison bzip2 flex gettext\
+            git g++ gperf intltool libffi-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev \
+            libtool libltdl-dev libssl-dev libxml-parser-perl make \
+            openssl p7zip-full patch perl pkg-config python ruby scons \
+            sed unzip wget xz-utils
+        if ! [[ `uname -m` =~ "i686" ]]; then
+            apt-get install g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386
+        fi
+        DIST=`lsb_release -si`
+        REL=`lsb_release -sr`
+        if [[ $DIST =~ "Debian" ]] && (( `echo "$REL > 8" | bc -l` )) || \
+            [[ $DIST =~ "Ubuntu" ]] && (( `echo "$REL > 14.10" | bc -l` )); then
+            apt-get install libtool-bin
+        fi
+        # install Lua for build-pkg
+        apt-get install lua5.1
+    elif which yum; then
+        # Fedora
+        yum install \
+            autoconf automake bash bison bzip2 flex gcc-c++ \
+            gdk-pixbuf2-devel gettext git gperf intltool make \
+            sed libffi-devel libtool openssl-devel p7zip patch \
+            perl pkgconfig python ruby scons unzip wget xz
+    elif which pacman-g2; then
+        # Frugalware
+        pacman-g2 -S \
+            autoconf automake bash bzip2 bison flex gcc gdk-pixbuf2\
+            gettext git gperf intltool make sed libffi libtool \
+            openssl patch perl perl-xml-parser pkgconfig python \
+            ruby scons unzip wget xz xz-lzma
+    elif which emerge; then
+        # Gentoo
+        emerge \
+            sys-devel/autoconf sys-devel/automake app-shells/bash \
+            sys-devel/bison app-arch/bzip2 \
+            sys-devel/flex sys-devel/gcc sys-devel/gettext \
+            dev-vcs/git dev-util/gperf dev-util/intltool \
+            sys-devel/make sys-apps/sed dev-libs/libffi \
+            sys-devel/libtool dev-libs/openssl app-arch/p7zip \
+            sys-devel/patch dev-lang/perl dev-perl/XML-Parser \
+            dev-util/pkgconfig dev-lang/python dev-lang/ruby \
+            dev-util/scons app-arch/unzip net-misc/wget \
+            app-arch/xz-utils x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf
+    elif which zypper; then
+        # openSUSE
+        zypper install -R \
+            autoconf automake bash bison bzip2 flex gcc-c++ \
+            gdk-pixbuf-devel gettext-tools git gperf intltool \
+            libffi-devel libtool make openssl libopenssl-devel \
+            p7zip patch perl perl-XML-Parser pkg-config python \
+            ruby scons sed unzip wget xz
+        if ! [[ `uname -m` =~ i686 ]]; then
+            zypper install -R \
+                gcc-32bit glibc-devel-32bit libgcc46-32bit \
+                libgomp46-32bit libstdc++46-devel-32bit
+        fi
+    fi
+elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    port install \
+        autoconf automake bison coreutils flex gettext \
+        gdk-pixbuf2 glib2 gnutar gsed intltool libffi libtool \
+        openssl p5-xml-parser p7zip pkgconfig scons wget xz
+elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "freebsd"* ]]; then
+    pkg install \
+        automake autoconf bash bison coreutils flex \
+        gcc gdk-pixbuf2 gettext git glib gmake gperf gsed intltool libffi \
+        libtool openssl p5-XML-Parser p7zip patch perl5 \
+        pkgconf python ruby scons unzip wget
+    pkg install file
+else
+    echo "unknown: $OSTYPE"
+    exit 1
+fi