diff --git a/buildScripts/getBuildTools b/buildScripts/getBuildTools
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script automates getting the required build tools (apt install)
+
+sudo apt install	\
+  aptitude		\
+  git			\
+  pkg-config		\
+  ruby			\
+  cmake			\
+  make			\
+  gcc			\
+  g++			\
+  tree     
+
diff --git a/buildScripts/getDevLibraries b/buildScripts/getDevLibraries
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This bash script automates the getting of the development libraries 
+# required to build poppler and fontforge
+
+sudo apt install	\
+  libcairo-dev		\
+  libspiro-dev		\
+  libpng-dev		\
+  libjpeg-dev		\
+  poppler-data		\
+  libpango1.0-dev	\
+  liblcms2-dev
+