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+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+apt-transport-https
+lsb-release
+ant
+build-essential [platform:dpkg]
+curl
+cyrus-sasl-devel [platform:rpm]
+dbus
+firefox [!platform:debian]
+gawk
+iceweasel [platform:debian]
+language-pack-en [platform:ubuntu]
+libcurl-devel [platform:rpm]
+libcurl4-gnutls-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
+libjpeg-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libjpeg-turbo-devel [platform:rpm]
+libldap2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libsasl2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libselinux-python [platform:rpm]
+libuuid-devel [platform:rpm]
+locales [platform:debian]
+pkg-config [platform:dpkg]
+pkgconfig [platform:rpm]
+python-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python-devel [platform:rpm]
+python-libvirt [platform:dpkg]
+python-lxml
+python3-all-dev [platform:ubuntu-trusty]
+python3-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python3-devel [platform:fedora]
+python3.4 [platform:ubuntu-trusty]
+python34-devel [platform:centos]
+unzip
+uuid-dev [platform:dpkg]
+xorg-x11-server-Xvfb [platform:rpm]
+xvfb [platform:dpkg]