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+#!/bin/sh
+apt-get install libpng-dev
+apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev
+apt-get install python-dev
+#apt-get install python-gi
+#apt-get install libgtk-3-devel
+apt-get install python-qt4
+apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib
+apt-get install libgeos-dev
+apt-get install python-shapely
+easy_install -U distribute
+apt-get install python-pip
+pip install --upgrade matplotlib
+pip install --upgrade Shapely