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+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu 14.04
+#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++, 
+build-essential
+#required to translate
+gettext
+python-dev
+
+##shared dependencies of:
+##Pillow, pylibmc
+zlib1g-dev
+
+##Postgresql and psycopg2 dependencies
+libpq-dev
+
+##Pillow dependencies
+libtiff4-dev
+libjpeg8-dev
+libfreetype6-dev
+liblcms1-dev
+libwebp-dev
+
+##pylibmc
+libmemcached-dev
+libssl-dev
+
+##django-extensions
+graphviz-dev