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+# -*- Mode:bash; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2021, The University of Memphis,
+#                          Arizona Board of Regents,
+#                          Regents of the University of California.
+#
+# This file is part of Mini-NDN.
+# See AUTHORS.md for a complete list of Mini-NDN authors and contributors.
+#
+# Mini-NDN is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Mini-NDN is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Mini-NDN, e.g., in COPYING.md file.
+# If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# APT packages, written in alphabetical order.
+APT_PKGS=(
+  build-essential
+  ca-certificates
+  git
+  libboost-atomic-dev
+  libboost-chrono-dev
+  libboost-date-time-dev
+  libboost-filesystem-dev
+  libboost-iostreams-dev
+  libboost-log-dev
+  libboost-program-options-dev
+  libboost-regex-dev
+  libboost-stacktrace-dev
+  libboost-system-dev
+  libboost-thread-dev
+  libpcap-dev
+  libsqlite3-dev
+  libssl-dev
+  libsystemd-dev
+  pkg-config
+  python-is-python3
+  python3-pip
+  software-properties-common
+  tshark
+)
+
+if [[ $NO_WIFI -ne 1 ]]; then
+  APT_PKGS+=(network-manager)
+fi
+
+install_pkgs() {
+  $SUDO apt-get update
+  $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${APT_PKGS[@]}"
+  if [[ $PPA_AVAIL -eq 1 ]] && [[ ${#PPA_PKGS[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    $SUDO add-apt-repository -y -u ppa:named-data/ppa
+    $SUDO env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${PPA_PKGS[@]}"
+  fi
+}
+
+prepare_ld() {
+  return
+}