diff --git a/support-d/prereq.sh b/support-d/prereq.sh
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+UNAME=`uname`
+
+
+NEEDED_PACKAGES_YUM='automake autoconf libtool screen gdb gcc-c++ compat-gcc-32 compat-gcc-32-c++ subversion ncurses-devel unixODBC-devel'
+NEEDED_PACAKGES_APT='automake autoconf libtool screen gdb libncurses5-dev unixodbc-dev subversion emacs22-nox gcc g++ '
+NEEDED_PACKAGES_PKG_ADD=''
+
+
+
+echo ${UNAME} | grep "Linux" && GETTER='wget -c'
+echo ${UNAME} | grep "BSD" && GETTER='fetch'
+
+
+which apt-get >> /dev/null && INSTALLER='apt-get -y install' && NEEDED_PACKAGES=$NEEDED_PACAKGES_APT
+which yum >> /dev/null && INSTALLER='yum -y install' && NEEDED_PACKAGES=$NEEDED_PACKAGES_YUM
+which pkg_add >> /dev/null && INSTALLER='pkg_add -r' && NEEDED_PACKAGES=$NEEDED_PACKAGES_PKG_ADD
+
+
+#echo $GETTER and $INSTALLER
+#echo ${INSTALLER} ${NEEDED_PACKAGES}
+${INSTALLER} ${NEEDED_PACKAGES}
+