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+#!/bin/bash
+##############################################################################
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#   Copyright (c) 2020 Nokia.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   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.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Installs prerequisites needed to compile & test SDL code
+# and build RPM/DEB packages on a Debian/Ubuntu machine.
+
+echo "--> setup-sdl-build-deb.sh"
+
+# Ensure we fail the job if any steps fail.
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+# install prereqs
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -q -y install \
+  autoconf-archive libhiredis-dev rpm valgrind \
+  libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev
+
+# generate configure script
+autoreconf --install
+
+echo "--> setup-sdl-build-deb.sh ends"