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+# Packages (Ubuntu names)
+cmake mercurial make gcc g++ flex bison binutils libsctp-dev libgnutls-dev valgrind wget libpq-dev postgresql libmysqlclient-dev libxml2-dev libxml2 swig python-dev 
+