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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This file is open source software, licensed to you under the terms
+# of the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+# ownership.  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+. /etc/os-release
+
+bash seastar/install-dependencies.sh
+
+if [ "$ID" = "ubuntu" ] || [ "$ID" = "debian" ]; then
+    apt -y install libyaml-cpp-dev libjsoncpp-dev
+    echo antlr3 and thrift still missing - waiting for ppa
+elif [ "$ID" = "centos" ] || [ "$ID" = "fedora" ]; then
+    yum install -y yaml-cpp-devel thrift-devel antlr3-tool antlr3-C++-devel jsoncpp-devel
+fi