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+#!/bin/sh
+
+USAGE="""\
+Helper for buildout-base installation of ERP5 on OpenSUSE 11.2
+ Usage:
+   opensuse.sh [-h|-l]
+
+   With no options, attempts to install the dependencies required
+   to run the buildout.
+
+ Options:
+   -h  shows this message
+   -l  lists the required dependencies\
+"""
+PACKAGE_LIST="""\
+automake
+bison
+cpio
+flex
+gcc
+gcc-c++
+groff
+libzip-devel
+gdbm-devel
+glib2-devel
+libjpeg-devel
+ncurses-devel
+neon-devel
+openssl-devel
+readline-devel
+libgsasl-devel
+libxml2-devel
+libtool
+libcom_err-devel
+libxslt-devel
+make
+patch
+python-devel
+python-setuptools
+rpm
+subversion
+subversion-devel
+xorg-x11-server-devel
+zip
+zlib-devel\
+"""
+if [ x"$1" == x ]; then
+  yum install $PACKAGE_LIST
+elif [ "$1" = "-l" ]; then
+  echo "$PACKAGE_LIST"
+elif [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
+  echo "$USAGE"
+else
+  echo "Unknown argument."
+  echo "$USAGE"
+fi