diff --git a/build_host_setup_debian.sh b/build_host_setup_debian.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+sudo apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    python \
+    python-dev \
+    python-pip \
+    python-setuptools \
+    python-virtualenv \
+    python-gobject-dev \
+    virtualenvwrapper \
+    libtool \
+    libffi-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    autoconf \
+    bison \
+    swig \
+    libglib2.0-dev \
+    s3cmd \
+    portaudio19-dev \
+    mpg123 \
+    screen \
+    flac \
+    curl
+
+# upgrade virtualenv to latest from pypi
+sudo pip install --upgrade virtualenv