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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PKG_CONFIG="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz"
+PIXMAN="http://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.20.0.tar.gz"
+CAIRO="http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.10.0.tar.gz"
+LIBPNG="ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.40.tar.gz"
+
+require() {
+  echo "... checking for \x1b[33m$1\x1b[0m"
+  if test `which $1`; then
+    echo "... \x1b[32mfound\x1b[0m"
+  else
+    echo "... \x1b[31mnot found\x1b[0m"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+fetch() {
+  local tarball=`basename $1`
+  echo "... downloading $tarball"
+  local dir=${tarball/.tar.gz/}
+  curl -# -L $1 -o $tarball \
+    && echo "... unpacking" \
+    && tar -zxf $tarball \
+    && echo "... removing tarball" \
+    && rm -fr $tarball \
+    && install $dir
+}
+
+install() {
+  local dir=$1
+  echo "... installing $1"
+#  cd $dir \
+#    && ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking \
+#    && make \
+#    && make install
+}
+
+require curl
+require tar
+test `which pkg-config` || fetch $PKG_CONFIG
+require 'pkg-config'
+fetch $PIXMAN
+fetch $CAIRO
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