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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2016 IBM Corporation.
+#
+# 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.
+
+#
+# $ git clone git://git.openstack.org/openstack/molteniron.git
+# $ cd molteniron/
+# $ ./utils/install_requirements.sh
+#
+# NOTE: You will be asked to provide a password for the mysql server! You
+#       use that password twice during createDB.py
+#
+
+die()
+{
+  test -n "$@" && echo "$@" 1>&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+DIR="$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
+
+sudo apt-get update
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+then
+  die "apt-get update failed"
+fi
+
+PACKAGES="build-essential python-pip jq"
+PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} python-dev python3-dev"
+PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} python2.7 python3.5"
+PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} mysql-server"
+
+sudo apt-get install -y ${PACKAGES}
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+then
+  die "apt-get install failed"
+fi
+
+sudo -H pip install --upgrade pip
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+then
+  die "pip upgrade pip failed"
+fi
+
+sudo -H pip install -U --force-reinstall -r requirements.txt
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+then
+  die "pip install requirements failed"
+fi
+
+${DIR}/createDB.py
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+then
+  die "createDB failed"
+fi