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+- make
+- autoconf
+- expect
+- gcc
+- g++
+- subversion
+- zlib-devel
+- openssl-devel
+- libffi-devel
+- openldap-devel
+- readline-devel
+- ncurses-devel
+- qt-x11
+- qt-postgresql
+- qt-devel
+- gtk2-devel