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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+"""Determine OS and various other system properties.
+
+Determine the name of the platform used and other system properties such as
+the location of Chrome.  This is used, for example, to determine the correct
+Toolchain to invoke.
+"""
+
+import optparse
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+##import oshelpers
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+if sys.version_info < (2, 6, 0):
+  sys.stderr.write("python 2.6 or later is required run this script\n")
+  sys.exit(1)
+
+
+class Error(Exception):
+  pass
+
+def GetPlatform():
+  if sys.platform.startswith('cygwin') or sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+    return 'win'
+  elif sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
+    return 'mac'
+  elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
+    return 'linux'
+  else:
+    raise Error("Unknown platform: %s" % sys.platform)
+
+
+## The above is part of
+## http://src.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src/native_client_sdk/src/tools/getos.py
+  
+"""Determine OS distributor and install caffe's dependencies
+
+Determine OS distributor to choose the proper package management system.
+This script currently only supports Ubuntu.
+TODO: RHEL/Centos/Fedora, Mac etc.
+"""
+def get_linux_distributor(platform):
+  platform = platform.lower()
+  if platform == 'win':
+    return 'microsoft'
+    
+  if platform == 'mac':
+    return 'apple'
+
+  distributor = None
+  if platform == 'linux':
+    try:
+      pobj = subprocess.Popen(['lsb_release', '-i'], stdout= subprocess.PIPE)
+      distributor = pobj.communicate()[0]
+      distributor = distributor.split(':')[-1].strip().lower()
+      if distributor.startswith('ubuntu'):
+        distributor = 'ubuntu'
+    except Exception:
+      pass
+  return distributor
+
+def get_distribution_version(platform):
+  version = None
+  if platform == 'linux':
+    try:
+      pobj = subprocess.Popen(['lsb_release', '-r'], stdout= subprocess.PIPE)
+      version = pobj.communicate()[0]
+      version = version.split(':')[-1].strip().lower()
+    except Exception:
+      pass
+  return version
+
+
+def install_caffe_dependencies():
+  platform = GetPlatform()
+  distributor = get_linux_distributor(platform)
+  dist_version = get_distribution_version(platform)
+  dev_libs = ['protobuf', 'leveldb', 'snappy', 'opencv', 'atlas-base']
+  ubuntu_boost_version = {'13.10':'1.53', '12.10':'1.50',
+                          '12.04':'1.48', '12.04.3':'1.48'}
+  if distributor == 'ubuntu':
+    boost_version = ubuntu_boost_version[dist_version]
+    dev_libs.append('boost' + boost_version)
+    cmd = 'sudo apt-get -y --force-yes install ' + \
+          ' '.join(['lib%s-dev' % lib for lib in dev_libs])
+    os.system(cmd)
+    try:
+      print cmd
+      subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout= subprocess.PIPE)
+    except Exception:
+      return Error('Failed to install dependencies(platform: %s, \
+distributor: %s, release: %s)'
+                   % (platform, distributor, dist_version))
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  try:
+    sys.exit(install_caffe_dependencies())
+  except Error as e:
+    sys.stderr.write(str(e) + '\n')
+    sys.exit(1)